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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.109802");
script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:09 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-03-11 09:27:01 +0100 (Mon, 11 Mar 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");
script_name("Linux: Deny login for system accounts");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Policy");
script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "kb_set_uid_min_max.nasl", "read_passwd_file.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understanding-etcpasswd-file-format/");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Distribution Independent Linux v2.0.0: 5.4.2 Ensure system accounts are secured (Scored)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS CentOS Linux 8 Benchmark v1.0.0: 5.5.2 Ensure system accounts are secured (Scored)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Controls Version 7: 16 Account Monitoring and Control");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"System account are used to manage applications. They are not
linked with a natural person and thus do not need an interactive shell. To prevent system accounts
to run any commands, the shell field in '/etc/passwd' can e.g. be set to '/sbin/nologin'.
This script tests, if any system account provides an interactive shell.");
exit(0);
}
include("policy_functions.inc");
cmd = 'egrep -v "^\\+" /etc/passwd | awk -F: \'($1!="root" && $1!="sync" && $1!="shutdown" ';
cmd += '&& $1!="halt" && $3<500 && $7!="/sbin/nologin" && $7!="/bin/false") {print}\'';
title = "Deny login for system accounts";
solution = "usermod -s /sbin/nologin SYSTEM_ACCOUNT";
test_type = "SSH_Cmd";
default = "None";
if(get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/login.defs/ERROR") || get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/passwd/ERROR")){
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "Could not read /etc/login.defs or /etc/passwd";
}else{
if(!max = get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/login.defs/SYS_UID_MAX")){
if(uid_min = get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/login.defs/UID_MIN")){
max = int(uid_min) - 1;
}else{
max = "999";
}
}
content = get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/passwd/content");
foreach line (split(content, keep:FALSE)){
fields = split(line, sep:":", keep:FALSE);
if(fields[0] =~ "^(root|sync|shutdown|halt)$" || int(fields[2]) > int(max))
continue;
if(fields[6] !~ "^(/sbin/nologin|/bin/false)$")
value += ", " + fields[0];
}
if(value){
value = str_replace(string:value, find:", ", replace:"", count:1);
compliant = "no";
}else{
value = "None";
compliant = "yes";
}
}
policy_reporting(result:value, default:default, compliant:compliant, fixtext:solution,
type:test_type, test:cmd, info:comment);
policy_set_kbs(type:test_type, cmd:cmd, default:default, solution:solution, title:title,
value:value, compliant:compliant);
exit(0);
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