GEN006360 - The files in /etc/news must be group-owned by system or news.

Information

If critical system files do not have a privileged group owner, system integrity could be compromised.

Solution

Change the group owner of the files in /etc/news to system or news.
Procedure:
# chgrp news /etc/news/*

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA AIX 5.3 STIG v1r2

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000225, CSCv6|3.1, Rule-ID|SV-40837r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006360, Vuln-ID|V-4278

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 603f7fe289837e8807e500f11f29252942fd62836251d0919e2f3809402657f1