TMA-ROCKY8-7.1.4
Ensure access to /etc/group- is configured
MediumLevel 1Automatedlinux
Description
The /etc/group- file contains a backup list of all the valid groups defined in the system.
How it is checked
Audit method: Shell command
shell
alt0() { s=$(stat -Lc '%a %u %g' /etc/group- 2>&1) || { echo "step1: $s"; return 1; }; set -- $s; m=$((8#$1)); [ $((m & ~0644)) -eq 0 ] && [ "$2" = 0 ] && [ "$3" = 0 ] || { echo "step1: /etc/group- is mode $1 uid $2 gid $3, want 644 or stricter, uid 0, gid 0"; return 1; }; }; if alt0; then echo compliant; fi- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Run the following commands to remove excess permissions, set owner, and set group on /etc/group-: # chmod u-x,go-wx /etc/group- # chown root:root /etc/group-
Properties
- Operating systems
- rocky-8
- Tags
- cis-convertedlinux
- Reference
- CIS Rocky Linux 8 Benchmark v3.0.0 - 7.1.4
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
shell
tmaegis scan --target linux