RHEL 9 cron configuration files directory must be group-owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257927	RHEL-09-232235	SV-257927r925768_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 be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-61668r925766_chk )
Verify the group ownership of all cron configuration files with the following command: $ stat -c "%G %n" /etc/cron* root /etc/cron.d root /etc/cron.daily root /etc/cron.deny root /etc/cron.hourly root /etc/cron.monthly root /etc/crontab root /etc/cron.weekly If any crontab is not group owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61592r925767_fix)
Configure any cron configuration not group-owned by root with the following command: $ sudo chgrp root [cron config file]