OL 9 system commands must be group-owned by root or a system account.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-271773	SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100	OL09-00-002504	SV-271773r1155299_rule	2025-12-22	1

Description
If OL 9 allowed any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing the appropriate testing and approvals that are part of a robust change management process. This requirement applies to OL 9 with software libraries that are accessible and configurable, as in the case of interpreted languages. Software libraries also include privileged programs that execute with escalated privileges.

Description

If OL 9 allowed any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing the appropriate testing and approvals that are part of a robust change management process. This requirement applies to OL 9 with software libraries that are accessible and configurable, as in the case of interpreted languages. Software libraries also include privileged programs that execute with escalated privileges.

ℹ️ Check
Verify OL 9 system commands contained in the following directories are group-owned by "root", or a required system account, with the following command: $ sudo find -L /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/libexec /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin ! -group root -exec ls -l {} \; If any system commands are returned and is not group-owned by a required system account, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the system commands to be protected from unauthorized access. Run the following command, replacing "[FILE]" with any system command file not group-owned by "root" or a required system account. $ sudo chgrp root [FILE]