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Linux: ALWAYS_SET_PATH in /etc/login.defs

🗓️ 19 Feb 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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Linux: ALWAYS_SET_PATH in /etc/login.defs. su command, user and group ID, interactive shell, PATH

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150136");
  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:"2020-02-19 09:51:58 +0000 (Wed, 19 Feb 2020)");
  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: ALWAYS_SET_PATH in /etc/login.defs");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "read_etc_login_defs.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");

  script_add_preference(name:"Value", type:"radio", value:"Yes;No", id:1);

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/su.1.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"su allows to run commands with a substitute user and group ID.

When called with no user specified, su defaults to running an interactive shell as root. When user
is specified, additional arguments can be supplied, in which case they are passed to the shell.

If ALWAYS_SET_PATH is set to yes in /etc/login.defs and --login and --preserve-environment were not
specified su initializes PATH.");
  exit(0);
}

include("policy_functions.inc");

cmd = "grep '^ALWAYS_SET_PATH' /etc/login.defs";
title = "ALWAYS_SET_PATH in /etc/login.defs";
solution = "Add or modify 'ALWAYS_SET_PATH' to /etc/login.defs";
test_type = "SSH_Cmd";
default = script_get_preference("Value", id:1);

if(get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/login.defs/ERROR")){
  value = "Error";
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "No SSH connection to host";
}else if(get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/login.defs/content/ERROR")){
  value = "Error";
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "Can not read /etc/login.defs";
}else{
  content = get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/login.defs/content");
  foreach line (split(content, keep:FALSE)){
    match = eregmatch(string:line, pattern:"^\s*ALWAYS_SET_PATH\s*=\s*(.+)$");
    if(match)
      value = match[1];
  }

  if(!value)
    value = "No";

  compliant = policy_setting_exact_match(value:tolower(value), set_point:tolower(default));
}

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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