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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22394	GEN003270	SV-26046r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Cron daemon control files restrict the scheduling of automated tasks and must be protected. Unauthorized modification of the cron.deny file could result in Denial-of-Service to authorized cron users or could provide unauthorized users with the ability to run cron jobs.

STIG	Date
VMware ESX 3 Server	2016-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-29229r1_chk )
Determine the cron.deny file's group owner. Procedure: # ls -lL cron.deny If the file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or cron, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-26250r1_fix)
Change the group owner of the cron.deny file to root, sys, bin, or cron. Procedure: # chown root /var/adm/cron/cron.deny