Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R18

CurrentPublished Fri Apr 28 2017

The system's boot loader configuration file(s) must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system's boot loader configuration file(s) must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

Description

Discussion Text

The system's boot loader configuration files are critical to the integrity of the system and must be protected. Unauthorized modifications resulting from improper group ownership may compromise the boot loader configuration.

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Objective

V-22587

Rule

SV-26988r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN008780

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the group ownership of the file.
# ls -lLd /boot/grub/grub.conf
If the group-owner of the file is not root, bin, sys, or system this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the group ownership of the file.
# chgrp root /boot/grub/grub.conf

STIG check 308 of 571 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 STIG checklist

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