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Add two additional PATH env checks for the rule 'os-04'

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
58/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
operating-systems, security

Research direction

Start by locating the os-04 PATH environment-variable check in the InSpec profile and inspect how its split values are currently tested. Add coverage for the two requested conditions and verify that the applicable profile checks pass with the expected PATH validation.

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Description

enhancement
Description

I suggest adding two checks for the rule 'os-04' for PATH environment variable:

  • check that there are no spaces;
  • check that there are no '..' (parent directory of the current one).

I guess it won't be superfluous.

Solution

Can be easily solved as:

...
    its('split') { should_not include(' ') }
    its('split') { should_not include('..') }
...
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Ruby
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