Run control scripts lists of preloaded libraries must contain only authorized paths.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-216303	SRG-OS-000480	SOL-11.1-020340	SV-216303r959010_rule	2024-11-25	3

Description
The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the libraries required by the binary. If this list contains paths to libraries to the current working directory that have not been authorized, unintended libraries may be preloaded. This variable is formatted as a space-separated list of libraries. Paths starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths.

Description

The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the libraries required by the binary. If this list contains paths to libraries to the current working directory that have not been authorized, unintended libraries may be preloaded. This variable is formatted as a space-separated list of libraries. Paths starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths.

ℹ️ Check
Verify run control scripts' library preload list. Procedure: # find /etc/rc* /etc/init.d -type f -print \| xargs grep LD_PRELOAD This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of paths. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is a finding. If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/), or has not been documented with the ISSO, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify run control scripts' library preload list. Procedure: # find /etc/rc* /etc/init.d -type f -print | xargs grep LD_PRELOAD This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of paths. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is a finding. If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/), or has not been documented with the ISSO, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Edit the run control script and remove the relative path entries from the library preload variables that have not been documented with the ISSO. Edit the run control script and remove any empty path entries from the file.