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V-269185

CAT II (Medium)

AlmaLinux OS 9 cron configuration directories must have a mode of 0700 or less permissive.

Rule ID

SV-269185r1050067_rule

STIG

Cloud Linux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R6

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.

Check Content

Verify the permissions of the cron directories with the following command:

$ find /etc/cron* -type d | xargs stat -c "%#a %n"

0700 /etc/cron.d
0700 /etc/cron.daily
0700 /etc/cron.hourly
0700 /etc/cron.monthly
0700 /etc/cron.weekly

If any cron configuration directory is more permissive than "700", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure any AlmaLinux OS 9 cron configuration directory with a mode more permissive than "0700" as follows:

chmod 0700 [cron configuration directory]