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The FTPS/FTP service on the system must be configured with the Department of Defense (DoD) login banner.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-209050 OL6-00-000348 SV-209050r793771_rule Medium
Description
This setting will cause the system greeting banner to be used for FTP connections as well.
STIG Date
Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-12-03

Details

Check Text ( C-9303r357935_chk )
Verify the "vsftpd" package is installed:

# rpm -qa | grep -i vsftpd
vsftpd-3.0.2-22.e16.x86_64

If the "vsftpd" package is not installed, this is Not Applicable.

To verify this configuration, run the following command:

grep "banner_file" /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

The output should show the value of "banner_file" is set to "/etc/issue", an example of which is shown below.

# grep "banner_file" /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
banner_file=/etc/issue

If it does not, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-9303r357936_fix)
Edit the vsftpd configuration file, which resides at "/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf" by default.

Add or correct the following configuration options.

banner_file=/etc/issue

Restart the vsftpd daemon.

# service vsftpd restart