Title

RHEL 9 cron configuration files directory must be group-owned by root. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations; therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Check Content

Verify the group ownership of all cron configuration files with the following command: $ stat -c "%G %n" /etc/cron* root /etc/cron.d root /etc/cron.daily root /etc/cron.deny root /etc/cron.hourly root /etc/cron.monthly root /etc/crontab root /etc/cron.weekly If any crontab is not group owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure any cron configuration not group-owned by root with the following command: $ sudo chgrp root [cron config file]

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-257927r925768_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-257927

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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