OL 9 /etc/crontab file must have mode 0600.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-271830OL09-00-002583SV-271830r1092202_ruleCCI-000366medium
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 must have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.
STIGDate
Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-05-08

Related Frameworks

4 paths across 3 frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
  • DISA · 1 · disa_xccdf · related
  • DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
  • DISA · 1 · disa_xccdf · related
  • DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
  • NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
  • DISA · 1 · disa_xccdf · related
  • DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
  • NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
  • DISA · 1 · disa_xccdf · related

Details

Check Text (C-271830r1092202_chk)

Verify that OL 9 configures permissions of /etc/crontab with the following command: $ stat -c "%a %n" /etc/crontab 0600 If /etc/crontab does not have a mode of "0600", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-75787r1092201_fix)

Configure the OL 9 file /etc/crontab with mode 600. $ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/crontab