The alias file must be owned by root.

From SOLARIS 10 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

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Associated with: CCI-000225

SV-40493r1_rule The alias file must be owned by root.

Vulnerability discussion

If the alias file is not owned by root, an unauthorized user may modify the file to add aliases to run malicious code or redirect email.

Check content

Find the alias file on the system. Procedure: # egrep '^O(A| AliasFile)' /etc/mail/sendmail.cf If the "alias file" is an NIS or LDAP map, this check is not applicable. The default location is /etc/mail/aliases. Check the ownership of the alias file. Procedure: # ls -lL If the alias file is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the owner of the /etc/mail/aliases file (or equivalent, such as /usr/lib/aliases) to root. Procedure: # chown root /etc/mail/aliases

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