GEN006340 - Files in /etc/news must be owned by root or news.

Information

If critical system files are not owned by a privileged user, system integrity could be compromised.

Solution

Change the ownership of the files in '/etc/news' to root or news.

Procedure:
# chown root /etc/news/*

See Also

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

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 v1r18 Audit

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000225, Group-ID|V-4277, Rule-ID|SV-37735r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006340, Vuln-ID|V-4277

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 75dcf92ae28a511c65a9481a600bcbb0bccaa58db32b5a25d8a6ce660b0fecc8