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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN003250-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003250-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003250-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
If the group of the cron.allow is not set to root, bin, sys, or cron, the possibility exists for an unauthorized user to view or edit the list of users permitted to use cron. Unauthorized modification of this file could cause Denial-of-Service to authorized cron users or provide unauthorized users with the ability to run cron jobs. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - not a GP OS. The only user is root. All other potential users are ROLE based, i.e., all Admin with varying privilege levels from Read-Only to Full Access.

Description

If the group of the cron.allow is not set to root, bin, sys, or cron, the possibility exists for an unauthorized user to view or edit the list of users permitted to use cron. Unauthorized modification of this file could cause Denial-of-Service to authorized cron users or provide unauthorized users with the ability to run cron jobs. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - not a GP OS. The only user is root. All other potential users are ROLE based, i.e., all Admin with varying privilege levels from Read-Only to Full Access.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN003250-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN003250-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.