OL 9 must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-271476 | OL09-00-000232 | SV-271476r1091140_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| If the sudoers file is not configured correctly, any user defined on the system can initiate privileged actions on the target system. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-271476r1091140_chk)
Verify that OL 9 restricts privilege elevation to authorized personnel with the following command:
$ sudo sh -c 'grep -iw ALL /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*'
If the either of the following entries are returned, this is a finding:
ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL
ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Fix Text (F-75433r1091139_fix)
Remove the following entries from the /etc/sudoers file or configuration file under /etc/sudoers.d/:
ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL
ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL