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 | 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 |
Details
| Check Text (C-16469r294264_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> |