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RHEL 9 /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file must be group-owned by root.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>The "root" group is a highly privileged group. Furthermore, the group-owner of this file should not have any access privileges anyway.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-257790r925357_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Change the group of the file /boot/grub2/grub.cfg to root by running the following command:

$ sudo chgrp root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg