The AIX root accounts list of preloaded libraries must be empty.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215196AIX7-00-001037SV-215196r991589_ruleCCI-000366medium
Description
The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the libraries required by the binary. If this list contains paths to libraries relative to the current working directory, unintended libraries may be preloaded.
STIGDate
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2024-08-16

Related Frameworks

4 paths across 3 frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
  • DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
  • DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
  • DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
  • DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
  • NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
  • DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
  • DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
  • NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
  • DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related

Details

Check Text (C-215196r991589_chk)

Verify the "LDR_PRELOAD" environment variable is empty or not defined for the "root" user using command: # env | grep LDR_PRELOAD If a path is returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16392r294040_fix)

Edit the "root" user's initialization files and remove any definition of "LDR_PRELOAD".