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The cron.deny file must not have an extended ACL.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-226630 GEN003210 SV-226630r603265_rule Medium
Description
If file permissions for cron.deny are more permissive than 0700, sensitive information could be viewed or edited by unauthorized users.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-12-04

Details

Check Text ( C-28791r483302_chk )
Check the permissions of the file.
# ls -lL /etc/cron.d/cron.deny
If the permissions include a "+", the file has an extended ACL and this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-28779r483303_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the file.
# chmod A- /etc/cron.d/cron.deny