Title

The at.allow file must be owned by root, bin, or sys. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If the owner of the at.allow file is not set to root, bin, or sys, unauthorized users could be allowed to view or edit sensitive information contained within the file.

Check Content

# ls -lL /etc/cron.d/at.allow If the at.allow file is not owned by root, sys, or bin, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the owner of the at.allow file. # chown root /etc/cron.d/at.allow

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-227776r603266_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-227776

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480

Expert Comments

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