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1.336 OL09-00-002507

Information

OL 9 SSH server configuration file must be group-owned by root.

GROUP ID: V-271776
RULE ID: SV-271776r1092040

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services, which if configured incorrectly, can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files must be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Solution

Configure the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file to be group-owned by root with the following command:

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/ssh/sshd_config

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271776r1092040_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002507, Vuln-ID|V-271776

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ea303b66a22dbde2fa50af7eba6a1e21687137c34c18247db010642e56814fc8