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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257888	RHEL-09-232040	SV-257888r925651_rule		Medium

Description
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.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-61629r925649_chk )
Verify the permissions of the cron directories with the following command: $ find /etc/cron* -type d | xargs stat -c "%a %n" 700 /etc/cron.d 700 /etc/cron.daily 700 /etc/cron.hourly 700 /etc/cron.monthly 700 /etc/cron.weekly If any cron configuration directory is more permissive than "700", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61553r925650_fix)
Configure any RHEL 9 cron configuration directory with a mode more permissive than "0700" as follows: chmod 0700 [cron configuration directory]