The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the cron.allow file, if it exists, is owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-204490	RHEL-07-021110	SV-204490r603261_rule		Medium

Description
If the owner of the "cron.allow" file is not set to root, the possibility exists for an unauthorized user to view or to edit sensitive information.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-09-12

Details

Check Text ( C-4614r88662_chk )
Verify that the "cron.allow" file is owned by root. Check the owner of the "cron.allow" file with the following command: # ls -al /etc/cron.allow -rw------- 1 root root 6 Mar 5 2011 /etc/cron.allow If the "cron.allow" file exists and has an owner other than root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-4614r88663_fix)
Set the owner on the "/etc/cron.allow" file to root with the following command: # chown root /etc/cron.allow