The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the cron.allow file, if it exists, is owned by root.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If the owner of the "cron.allow" file is not set to root, the possibility exists for an unauthorized user to view or to edit sensitive information.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-204490r603261_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Set the owner on the "/etc/cron.allow" file to root with the following command:
# chown root /etc/cron.allow