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The operating system must reveal error messages only to authorized personnel.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-216202SOL-11.1-070240SV-216202r958566_ruleCCI-001314low
Description
Proper file permissions and ownership ensures that only designated personnel in the organization can access error messages.
STIGDate
Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-05-13

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

TDA-19Error Handling
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (12) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-14(1)System Start-up
1.00
AU-9Protection of Audit Information
1.00
AU-9(1)Hardware Write-once Media
1.00
AU-9(3)Cryptographic Protection
1.00

+2 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001314
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-216202r958566_chk)

Check the permissions of the /var/adm/messages file: # ls -l /var/adm/messages Check the permissions of the /var/adm directory: # ls -ld /var/adm If the owner and group of /var/adm/messages is not root and the permissions are not 640, this is a finding. If the owner of /var/adm is not root, group is not sys, and the permissions are not 750, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-17438r372989_fix)

The root role is required. Change the permissions and owner on the /var/adm/messages file: # chmod 640 /var/adm/messages # chown root /var/adm/messages # chgrp root /var/adm/messages Change the permissions and owner on the /var/adm directory: # chmod 750 /var/adm # chown root /var/adm # chgrp sys /var/adm