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1.154 RHEL-09-232230

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RHEL 9 cron configuration files directory must be owned by root.

GROUP ID: V-257926
RULE ID: SV-257926r991589

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 be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Solution

Configure any cron configuration not owned by root with the following command:

$ sudo chown root [cron config file]

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22008

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-257926r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232230, Vuln-ID|V-257926

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 8658cdbc6a72df8bf9c4675862568d349743efd0c71a347973a34468c57edc05