SV-34991r1: The cron.allow file must be group-owned by root, bin, sys or other. | HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The cron.allow file must be group-owned by root, bin, sys or other.

Description

Discussion Text

If the group of the cron.allow is not set to root, bin, sys or other, the possibility exists for an unauthorized user to view or edit the list of users permitted to use cron. Unauthorized modification of this file could cause Denial of Service to authorized cron users or provide unauthorized users with the ability to run cron jobs.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000225

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

IA Controls

ECLP-1

References

DPMS Target HP-UX 11.23 DISA DPMS Target HP-UX 11.23 2170

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.fso.hpux11:def:181
# The cron.allow file must be group-owned by root, bin, sys or other.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Test group of /var/adm/cron/cron.allow is root
# file_object (file_test)
test_1() {
  [ "$(stat -c '%g' '/var/adm/cron/cron.allow')" -eq 0 ]
}
# Test existence of group bin
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_2() {
  grep -Pq '^bin:[^:]*:([0-9]+):' '/etc/group' &>/dev/null
}
# Test group of /var/adm/cron/cron.allow is bin
# file_object (file_test)
test_3() {
  [ "$(stat -c '%g' '/var/adm/cron/cron.allow')" = "$(sed -En 's/^bin:[^:]*:([0-9]+):/\1/p' '/etc/group')" ]
}
# Test existence of group sys
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_4() {
  grep -Pq '^sys:[^:]*:([0-9]+):' '/etc/group' &>/dev/null
}
# Test group of /var/adm/cron/cron.allow is sys
# file_object (file_test)
test_5() {
  [ "$(stat -c '%g' '/var/adm/cron/cron.allow')" = "$(sed -En 's/^sys:[^:]*:([0-9]+):/\1/p' '/etc/group')" ]
}

if ( test_1 || ( test_2 && test_3 ) || ( test_4 && test_5 ) ); then
  echo "PASS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

Assessment Script Powered by AISandbox-executed

A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.

Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.

#!/bin/sh
# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.hpux11:def:181
if [ ! -f "/var/adm/cron/cron.allow" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
if [ $(stat -c "%G" /var/adm/cron/cron.allow) = "root" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
if [ $(grep -E "^bin:[^:]*:" /etc/group | wc -l) -ge 1 ] && [ $(stat -c "%G" /var/adm/cron/cron.allow) = "$(grep -oE '[0-9]+' /etc/group | grep -E "^bin:[^:]*:" | head -n 1)" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
if [ $(grep -E "^sys:[^:]*:" /etc/group | wc -l) -ge 1 ] && [ $(stat -c "%G" /var/adm/cron/cron.allow) = "$(grep -oE '[0-9]+' /etc/group | grep -E "^sys:[^:]*:" | head -n 1)" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
echo "FAIL"; exit 1

Remediation

Change the group ownership of the file.

# chgrp root /var/adm/cron/cron.allow