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V-239508

CAT II (Medium)

The SLES for the vRealize boot loader configuration file(s) must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

Rule ID

SV-239508r661975_rule

STIG

VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R2

CCIs

CCI-000213

Discussion

The SLES for vRealize’s boot loader configuration files are critical to the integrity of the system and must be protected. Unauthorized modifications resulting from improper group ownership may compromise the boot loader configuration.

Check Content

Check "/boot/grub/menu.lst" file ownership:

# stat /boot/grub/menu.lst

If the group-owner of the file is not "root", "bin", "sys", or "system", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the group-ownership of the "/boot/grub/menu.lst" file:

# chgrp root /boot/grub/menu.lst