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1.155 RHEL-09-232235

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-257927
RULE ID: SV-257927r991589

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 should be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Solution

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

$ sudo chgrp 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-257927r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-232235, Vuln-ID|V-257927

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 3f8a04b1ad8f3095ff4103e0169f839358cc16d903de4a108cd1cf5e0e234de0