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1.137 RHEL-10-400250

Information

RHEL 10 must enforce mode "0644" or less permissive for the "/etc/group-" file to prevent unauthorized access.

GROUP ID: V-281067
RULE ID: SV-281067r1165556

The "/etc/group-" file is a backup file of "/etc/group", and as such contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 so that the mode of the "/etc/group-" file is set to "0644" by running the following command:

$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/group-

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-281067r1165556_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400250, Vuln-ID|V-281067

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: db84f3296cc38d1ba477d61b29743d7c331b651a09ca47de52a5a330bb3fa766