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V-248706CAT II — Medium severitySV-248706r958566_rule

The OL 8 lastlog command must be owned by root.

Rule version OL08-00-020263 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

Unauthorized disclosure of the contents of the /var/log/lastlog file can reveal system data to attackers, thus compromising its confidentiality.

Check

Verify the "lastlog" command is owned by root with the following command:

$ sudo ls -l /usr/bin/lastlog 

-rwxr-x---. 1 root root 21200 Nov 4 22:51 /usr/bin/lastlog

If the "lastlog" command is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the "lastlog" command for OL 8 to be owned by root with the following command:

$ sudo chown root /usr/bin/lastlog

Identifiers

Group ID
V-248706
Group title
SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084
Rule ID
SV-248706r958566_rule
Check ID
C-52140r779682_chk
Fix ID
F-52094r779683_fix