STIGQter: STIG Summary: Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 22 Jan 2021:

Access to the cron utility must be controlled using the cron.allow and/or cron.deny file(s).

DISA Rule

SV-227738r603266_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-227738

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

GEN002960

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Create /etc/cron.d/cron.allow and/or /etc/cron.d/cron.deny with appropriate content.

Check Contents

Check for the existence of the cron.allow and cron.deny files.
# ls -lL /etc/cron.d/cron.allow
# ls -lL /etc/cron.d/cron.deny
If neither file exists, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-227738

Documentable

False

Rule Version

GEN002960

Severity Override Guidance

Check for the existence of the cron.allow and cron.deny files.
# ls -lL /etc/cron.d/cron.allow
# ls -lL /etc/cron.d/cron.deny
If neither file exists, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4061

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