Ensure shadow group is empty

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Description

The shadow group allows system programs which require access the ability to read the /etc/shadow file. No users should be assigned to the shadow group. Any users assigned to the shadow group would be granted read access to the /etc/shadow file. If attackers can gain read access to the /etc/shadow file, they can easily run a password cracking program against the hashed passwords to break them. Other security information that is stored in the /etc/shadow file (such as expiration) could also be useful to subvert additional user accounts.

Méthode de vérification

Méthode d'audit: Revue manuelle

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Run the following commands and verify no results are returned: # grep ^shadow:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]+ /etc/group # awk -F: '($4 == "<shadow-gid>") { print }' /etc/passwd

Méthode de correction

Méthode de correction: Recommandation ou correctif d'infrastructure

Remove all users from the shadow group, and change the primary group of any users with shadow as their primary group.

Propriétés

Systèmes d'exploitation: Tous
Étiquettes: container-optimized-oscos
Référence: CIS Google Container-Optimized OS Benchmark v1.2.0 - 6.2.20 Ensure shadow group is empty