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1.352 OL09-00-002530

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-271792
RULE ID: SV-271792r1094968

The "root" group is a highly privileged group. The group-owner of this file should not have any access privileges.

Solution

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

$ sudo chgrp 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-271792r1094968_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002530, Vuln-ID|V-271792

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 68b4ffbc7c50f0fdc3413d134ed95d70fb30f41efb95de95a5e9df3f6e56413c