The .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files must not contain a plus (+) without defining entries for NIS+ netgroups.

From Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of GEN001980

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-63581r1_rule The .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files must not contain a plus (+) without defining entries for NIS+ netgroups.

Vulnerability discussion

A plus (+) in system accounts files causes the system to lookup the specified entry using NIS. If the system is not using NIS, no such entries should exist.

Check content

Check system configuration files for plus (+) entries. Procedure: # find / -name .rhosts # grep + //.rhosts # find / -name .shosts # grep + //.shosts # find / -name hosts.equiv # grep + //hosts.equiv # find / -name shosts.equiv # grep + //shosts.equiv # grep + /etc/passwd # grep + /etc/shadow # grep + /etc/group If the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files contain a plus (+) and do not define entries for NIS+ netgroups, this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, shosts.equiv, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and/or /etc/group files and remove entries containing a plus (+).

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