GEN000360 - GIDs reserved for system accounts must not be assigned to non-system groups.

Information

Reserved GIDs are typically used by system software packages. If non-system groups have GIDs in this range, they may conflict with system software, possibly leading to the group having permissions to modify system files.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Change the primary group GID numbers for non-system accounts with reserved primary group GIDs (those less or equal to 99).

# usermod -g <new_group> <user>

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_10_x86_V2R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-227572r603266_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000360, STIG-Legacy|SV-28658, STIG-Legacy|V-780, Vuln-ID|V-227572

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 199b24a02d4094d3491528cce41bad0ee3338f16bff6c2d69c65224298e9b33e