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  1. OpenShift Bugs
  2. OCPBUGS-31922

[4.14] /etc/shadow has higher permissions than recommended

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    • 4.14.0, 4.14.z, 4.15.0, 4.15.z, 4.16
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      Previously, the default permissions for the /etc/shadow file in the default Red Hat CoreOS builds were set at a higher level than recommended, causing a security vulnerability.

      With this update, the rpm-ostree component of Red Hat CoreOS generates new builds with the correct file permissions and corrects the file permissions of the current deployment where necessary.
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      Previously, the default permissions for the /etc/shadow file in the default Red Hat CoreOS builds were set at a higher level than recommended, causing a security vulnerability. With this update, the rpm-ostree component of Red Hat CoreOS generates new builds with the correct file permissions and corrects the file permissions of the current deployment where necessary.
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      Description of problem

      In QualysQuard 12.16.61-1, Vulnerability Signatures 2.5.993-2 it is noticed that file permission of /etc/shadow is higher than recommended.  Default permission of /etc/shadow is 000 where in openshift 4.14.z it's identified as 644.

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      Steps to Reproduce:

      1. ls -l /etc/shadow
      2. rw-rr-. 1 root root 818 Mar 4 10:39 /etc/shadow

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              rhn-support-jmarrero Joseph Marrero Corchado
              rhn-support-hsahoo Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo
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              Aashish Radhakrishnan Aashish Radhakrishnan
              Shane Lovern Shane Lovern
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