The /etc/hosts.allow file contains networking information that is used by many applications and therefore must be readable for these applications to operate. Rationale: It is critical to ensure that the /etc/hosts.allow file is protected from unauthorized write access. Although it is protected by default, the file permissions could be changed either inadvertently or through malicious actions. [permission 644] If the permissions of the /etc/hosts.allow file are incorrect, run the following command to correct them: # /bin/chmod 644 /etc/hosts.allow oval:org.secpod.oval:def:92362 oval:org.secpod.oval:def:85087 oval:org.secpod.oval:def:65928 SCAP Repo OVAL Definition 2023-08-23