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Default system accounts (with the exception of root) must not be listed in the cron.allow file or must be included in the cron.deny file, if cron.allow does not exist.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-11995 GEN003060 SV-64395r1_rule Medium
Description
To centralize the management of privileged account crontabs, of the default system accounts, only root may have a crontab.
STIG Date
Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-02-25

Details

Check Text ( C-52795r1_chk )
Check the cron.allow and cron.deny files for the system.

# more /etc/cron.allow
# more /etc/cron.deny

If a default system account (such as bin, sys, adm, or others, traditionally UID less than 500) is listed in the cron.allow file, or not listed in the cron.deny file and if no cron.allow file exists, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-54977r1_fix)
Remove default system accounts (such as bin, sys, adm, or others, traditionally UID less than 500) from the cron.allow file if it exists, or add those accounts to the cron.deny file.