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1.390 OL09-00-002583

Information

OL 9 /etc/crontab file must have mode 0600.

GROUP ID: V-271830
RULE ID: SV-271830r1092202

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations; therefore, service configuration files must have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.

Solution

Configure the OL 9 file /etc/crontab with mode 600.

$ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/crontab

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271830r1092202_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002583, Vuln-ID|V-271830

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 615f6a6b7eff2f79f3282a60d19d9d46db3d5ca959ba05c265c23f7047f7102e