The traceroute command must be group-owned by sys, bin, or system.

From AIX 5.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECLP-1

Associated with: CCI-000225

SV-28397r1_rule The traceroute command must be group-owned by sys, bin, or system.

Vulnerability discussion

If the group owner of the traceroute command has not been set to a system group, unauthorized users could have access to the command and use it to gain information regarding a network's topology inside of the firewall. This information may allow an attacker to determine trusted routers and other network information possibly leading to system and network compromise.

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Change the group owner of the traceroute command to sys, bin, or system. Procedure: # chgrp system /usr/bin/traceroute

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