Title

GIDs reserved for system accounts must not be assigned to non-system groups. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

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.

Check Content

# more /etc/passwd Confirm all accounts with a GID of 99 and below are used by a system account. If a GID reserved for system accounts (0 - 99) is used by a non-system account, this is a finding.

Fix Text

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>

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-227572r603266_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-227572

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480

Expert Comments

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