Details

Depending on the access restrictions of the /etc/access.conf file, if the group owner were not a privileged group, it could endanger system security.

Solution

Use the chgrp command to ensure the group owner is root, sys, or bin.
(for example: # chgrp root /etc/security/access.conf).

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, Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AC-6
• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000225
• CCI|CCI-000366
• CSCv6|3.1
• Group-ID|V-1054
• Rule-ID|SV-37227r1_rule
• STIG-ID|GEN000000-LNX00420
• Vuln-ID|V-1054

Source

• Tenable.com/audits