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  4. Verify that Docker socket file permissions are set to 660 or more restrictive

Verify that Docker socket file permissions are set to 660 or more restrictive

Details

https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/cli/#daemon-socket-option

2.https://docs.docker.com/articles/basics/#bind-docker-to-another-hostport-or-a-unix-socket

Solution

chmod 660 /var/run/docker.sock
This would set the file permissions of the Docker socket file to ‘660’.Impact-None.Default Value-By default, the permissions for Docker socket file is correctly set to ‘660’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

Source

Updated on July 16, 2022
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