Details

The /etc/gshadow file is critical to system security and must be owned by a privileged user. The /etc/gshadow file contains a list of system groups and hashes for group passwords.

Solution

Change the owner of the /etc/gshadow file to root.
# chown root /etc/gshadow

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AC-6
• CAT|II
• CCE|CCE-4210-1, CCI|CCI-000225
• CSCv6|3.1
• Group-ID|V-22341
• Rule-ID|SV-37143r1_rule
• STIG-ID|GEN000000-LNX001431
• Vuln-ID|V-22341

Source

• Tenable.com/audits