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The at.allow file must not have an extended ACL.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-226633 GEN003245 SV-226633r603265_rule Medium
Description
File system extended ACLs provide access to files beyond what is allowed by the mode numbers of the files. Unauthorized modification of the at.allow file could result in Denial of Service to authorized at users and the granting of the ability to run at jobs to unauthorized users.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-09-07

Details

Check Text ( C-28794r483311_chk )
Check the permissions of the file.
# ls -lL /etc/cron.d/at.allow
If the permissions include a "+", the file has an extended ACL and this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-28782r483312_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the file.
# chmod A- /etc/cron.d/at.allow