GEN006280 - The /etc/news/infeed.conf (or equivalent) must have mode 0600 or less permissive.

Information

Excessive permissions on the '' file may allow unauthorized modification which could lead to Denial of Service to authorized users or provide access to unauthorized users.

Solution

Change the mode of '/etc/news/infeed.conf' to 0600.
# chmod 0600 /etc/news/infeed.conf

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip