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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22391	GEN003250	SV-34991r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
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.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-36475r1_chk )
Check the group ownership of the file. # ls -lL /var/adm/cron/cron.allow If the file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys or other, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31818r1_fix)
Change the group ownership of the file. # chgrp root /var/adm/cron/cron.allow