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The SUSE operating system must prevent unauthorized users from accessing system error messages.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-234833SLES-15-010350SV-234833r958566_ruleCCI-001314medium
Description
Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organization's operational state or can identify the SUSE operating system or platform. Additionally, Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and operational information must not be revealed through error messages to unauthorized personnel or their designated representatives. The structure and content of error messages must be carefully considered by the organization and development team. The extent to which the information system is able to identify and handle error conditions is guided by organizational policy and operational requirements.
STIGDate
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-19

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-234833r958566_chk)

Verify the SUSE operating system prevents unauthorized users from accessing system error messages. Check the "/var/log/messages" file permissions with the following command: > sudo stat -c "%n %U:%G %a" /var/log/messages /var/log/messages root:root 640 Check that "permissions.local" file contains the correct permissions rules with the following command: > grep -i messages /etc/permissions.local /var/log/messages root:root 640 If the effective permissions do not match the "permissions.local" file, the command does not return any output, or is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-37984r618769_fix)

Configure the SUSE operating system to prevent unauthorized users from accessing system error messages. Add or update the following rules in "/etc/permissions.local": /var/log/messages root:root 640 Set the correct permissions with the following command: > sudo chkstat --set --system