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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/gshadow- file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/gshadow-" file is a backup of "/etc/gshadow", and as such, contains group password hashes. Protection of this file ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/gshadow- file must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/gshadow-" file is a backup of "/etc/gshadow", and as such, contains group password hashes. Protection of this file ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/passwd file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/passwd" file contains information about the users that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is cri...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/passwd file must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/passwd" file contains information about the users that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is cri...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/passwd- file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/passwd-" file is a backup file of "/etc/passwd", and as such, contains information about the users that are configu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/passwd- file must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/passwd-" file is a backup file of "/etc/passwd", and as such, contains information about the users that are configu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/shadow file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/shadow" file contains the list of local system accounts and stores password hashes. Protection of this file is crit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/shadow file must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/shadow" file stores password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/shadow- file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/shadow-" file is a backup file of "/etc/shadow", and as such, contains the list of local system accounts and passwo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/shadow- file must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/shadow-" file is a backup file of "/etc/shadow", and as such, contains the list of local system accounts and passwo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /var/log directory must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an orga...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /var/log directory must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an orga...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /var/log/messages file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an orga...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /var/log/messages file must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an orga...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 system commands must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If RHEL 9 allowed any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 system commands must be group-owned by root or a system account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If RHEL 9 allowed any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 library files must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If RHEL 9 allowed any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 library files must be group-owned by root or a system account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If RHEL 9 allowed any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 library directories must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If RHEL 9 allowed any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 library directories must be group-owned by root or a system account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If RHEL 9 allowed any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 audit tools must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 audit tools must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data; therefo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 cron configuration files directory must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 cron configuration files directory must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • All RHEL 9 world-writable directories must be owned by root, sys, bin, or an application user.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a world-writable directory is not owned by root, sys, bin, or an application user identifier (UID), unauthorized users may...
    Rule Medium Severity

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