System packages must be configured with the vendor-provided files, permissions, and ownerships.

From Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001496

SV-60763r1_rule System packages must be configured with the vendor-provided files, permissions, and ownerships.

Vulnerability discussion

Failure to maintain system configurations may result in privilege escalation.

Check content

The Software Installation Profile is required. Determine what the signature policy is for pkg publishers: # pkg property | grep signature-policy Check that output produces: signature-policy verify If the output does not confirm that signature-policy verify is active, this is a finding. Check that package permissions are configured and signed per vendor requirements. # pkg verify If the command produces any output unrelated to STIG changes, this is a finding. There is currently a Solaris 11 bug 16267888 which reports pkg verify errors for a variety of python packages. These can be ignored.

Fix text

The Software Installation Profile is required. Configure the package system to ensure that digital signatures are verified. # pfexec pkg set-property signature-policy verify Check that package permissions are configured per vendor requirements. # pfexec pkg verify If any errors are reported unrelated to STIG changes, use: # pfexec pkg fix to bring configuration settings and permissions into factory compliance.

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