Files in cron script directories must have mode 0700 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-29289	GEN003080-2	SV-45599r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
To protect the integrity of scheduled system jobs and prevent malicious modification to these jobs, crontab files must be secured.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z	2013-04-18

Details

Check Text ( C-42960r1_chk )
Check the mode of scripts in cron job directories. ls -lL /etc/cron.{d,daily,hourly,monthly,weekly} If any cron script has a mode more permissive than 0700, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38997r1_fix)
Change the mode of the cron scripts. # chmod 0700 /etc/cron.daily/* /etc/cron.hourly/* /etc/cron.monthly/* /etc/cron.weekly/*