TOSS must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.
Overview
Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
V-253133 | TOSS-04-040920 | SV-253133r991589_rule | Medium |
Description |
The sudo command allows a user to execute programs with elevated (administrator) privileges. It prompts the user for their password and confirms the request to execute a command by checking a file, called sudoers. If the "sudoers" file is not configured correctly, any user defined on the system can initiate privileged actions on the target system. |
STIG | Date |
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 |
Details
Check Text (C-56586r825069_chk) |
Verify the "sudoers" file restricts sudo access to authorized personnel. $ sudo grep -iwr 'ALL[[:blank:]]\+ALL' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d If the either of the following entries are returned, this is a finding: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL |
Fix Text (F-56536r825070_fix) |
Remove the following entries from the sudoers file: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL |