Verify User Who Owns group File
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Description
To properly set the owner of /etc/group
, run the command:
$ sudo chown root /etc/group
Rationale
The /etc/group
file contains information regarding groups that are configured
on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.
Shell script
The following script can be run on the host to remediate the issue.
#!/bin/bash
if id "0" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
newown="0"
fi
if [[ -z ${newown} ]]; then
echo "0 is not a defined user on the system"
exit 1
fi
chown $newown /etc/group
Ansible playbook
The following playbook can be run with Ansible to remediate the issue.
- name: Set the file_owner_etc_group_newown variable if represented by uid
set_fact:
file_owner_etc_group_newown: '0'
tags:
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- PCI-DSSv4-2.2
- PCI-DSSv4-2.2.6
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_group
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Test for existence /etc/group
stat:
path: /etc/group
register: file_exists
tags:
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- PCI-DSSv4-2.2
- PCI-DSSv4-2.2.6
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_group
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner on /etc/group
file:
path: /etc/group
owner: '{{ file_owner_etc_group_newown }}'
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- PCI-DSSv4-2.2
- PCI-DSSv4-2.2.6
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_group
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed