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1.353 OL09-00-002531

Information

OL 9 /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file must be owned by root.

GROUP ID: V-271793
RULE ID: SV-271793r1092605

The "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file stores sensitive system configuration. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Solution

Change the owner of the file /boot/grub2/grub.cfg to root by running the following command:

$ sudo chown root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271793r1092605_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002531, Vuln-ID|V-271793

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e9e1a264266211c0cc620e69e19cb2a0c233b42298f17fffc30972937d9cfdcf