AIX audio devices must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, or system.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215271 | AIX7-00-002079 | SV-215271r991589_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Without privileged group owners, audio devices will be vulnerable to being used as eaves-dropping devices by malicious users or intruders to possibly listen to conversations containing sensitive information. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related 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-215271r991589_chk)
Check the group owner of audio devices using commands:
# /usr/sbin/lsdev -C | grep -i audio
aud0 Available USB Audio Device
# ls -lL /dev/*aud0
cr--r--r-- 1 root system 16, 0 Jan 24 07:25 aud0
If the group owner of an audio device is not "root", "sys", "bin", or "system", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16467r294265_fix)
Change the group owner of the audio device using command:
# chgrp system <audio device>