[PATCH 07/21] [bugfix] modify file_permissions_library_dirs to follow symlinks

Shawn Wells shawn at redhat.com
Mon Jul 28 03:26:54 UTC 2014


From: Leland Steinke <leland.j.steinke.ctr at mail.mil>


Signed-off-by: Leland Steinke <leland.j.steinke.ctr at mail.mil>
---
 RHEL/6/input/auxiliary/stig_overlay.xml   |    2 +-
 RHEL/6/input/system/permissions/files.xml |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RHEL/6/input/auxiliary/stig_overlay.xml b/RHEL/6/input/auxiliary/stig_overlay.xml
index 7420e5a..84515ab 100644
--- a/RHEL/6/input/auxiliary/stig_overlay.xml
+++ b/RHEL/6/input/auxiliary/stig_overlay.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 		<title>The /etc/group file must have mode 0644 or less permissive.</title>
 	</overlay>
 	<overlay owner="disastig" ruleid="file_permissions_library_dirs" ownerid="RHEL-06-000045" disa="1499" severity="medium">
-		<VMSinfo VKey="38465" SVKey="50265" VRelease="2" />
+		<VMSinfo VKey="38465" SVKey="50265" VRelease="3" />
 		<title>Library files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.</title>
 	</overlay>
 	<overlay owner="disastig" ruleid="file_ownership_library_dirs" ownerid="RHEL-06-000046" disa="1499" severity="medium">
diff --git a/RHEL/6/input/system/permissions/files.xml b/RHEL/6/input/system/permissions/files.xml
index 58f7926..e2883f3 100644
--- a/RHEL/6/input/system/permissions/files.xml
+++ b/RHEL/6/input/system/permissions/files.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ Shared libraries are stored in the following directories:
 </pre>
 To find shared libraries that are group-writable or world-writable,
 run the following command for each directory <i>DIR</i> which contains shared libraries:
-<pre>$ find <i>DIR</i> -perm /022 -type f</pre>
+<pre>$ find -L <i>DIR</i> -perm /022 -type f</pre>
 </ocil>
 <rationale>Files from shared library directories are loaded into the address
 space of processes (including privileged ones) or of the kernel itself at
-- 
1.7.1



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