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Check: RHEL-06-000066

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 STIG: RHEL-06-000066 (in versions v2 r2 through v1 r14)

Title

The system boot loader configuration file(s) must be group-owned by root. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The "root" group is a highly-privileged group. Furthermore, the group-owner of this file should not have any access privileges anyway.

Check Content

To check the group ownership of "/boot/grub/grub.conf", run the command: $ ls -lL /boot/grub/grub.conf If properly configured, the output should indicate the group-owner is "root". If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The file "/boot/grub/grub.conf" should be group-owned by the "root" group to prevent destruction or modification of the file. To properly set the group owner of "/boot/grub/grub.conf", run the command: # chgrp root /boot/grub/grub.conf

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-217902r603264_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-217902

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000366	The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
CM-6	Configuration Settings