The Photon operating system must protect all boot configuration files from unauthorized modification.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Boot configuration files control how the system boots, including single-user mode, auditing, log levels, etc. Improper or malicious configurations can negatively affect system security and availability.
- ID
- SV-256580r991589_rule
- Version
- PHTN-30-000111
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:
# chmod 644 <file>
# chown root:root <file>