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1.15 RHEL-09-212030

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-257791
RULE ID: SV-257791r991589

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/22008

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-257791r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-212030, Vuln-ID|V-257791

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6c6d039b3551059886a51344b80efb280e33894a6c8e275b21a4ba3e3e61abb7