Details

Verify that the ‘/etc/default/docker’ file ownership and group-ownership is correctly set to ‘root’.

Rationale:

‘/etc/default/docker’file contains sensitive parameters that may alter the behavior of docker daemon. Hence, it should be owned and group-owned by ‘root’ to maintain the integrity of the file.

Solution

chown root:root /etc/default/docker

This would set the ownership and group-ownership for the file to ‘root’.

Impact:

None.

Default Value:

This file may not be present on the system. In that case, this recommendation is not applicable.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1476

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

• 800-53|CM-6b.

Source

• Tenable.com/audits