Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must permit only authorized groups to own the audit configuration files.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-260603	UBTU-22-653075	SV-260603r958444_rule		Medium

Description
Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel may be able to prevent the auditing of critical events. Misconfigured audits may degrade the system's performance by overwhelming the audit log. Misconfigured audits may also make it more difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

Description

Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel may be able to prevent the auditing of critical events. Misconfigured audits may degrade the system's performance by overwhelming the audit log. Misconfigured audits may also make it more difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

STIG	Date
Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-05-30

Details

Check Text ( C-64332r953620_chk )
Verify that "/etc/audit/audit.rules", "/etc/audit/auditd.conf", and "/etc/audit/rules.d/" files are owned by root group by using the following command: $ sudo ls -al /etc/audit/audit.rules /etc/audit/auditd.conf /etc/audit/rules.d/ \| awk '{print $4, $9}' root /etc/audit/audit.rules root /etc/audit/auditd.conf root /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules If "/etc/audit/audit.rules", "/etc/audit/auditd.conf", or "/etc/audit/rules.d/*" files are owned by a group other than "root", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-64332r953620_chk )

Verify that "/etc/audit/audit.rules", "/etc/audit/auditd.conf", and "/etc/audit/rules.d/*" files are owned by root group by using the following command:

$ sudo ls -al /etc/audit/audit.rules /etc/audit/auditd.conf /etc/audit/rules.d/* | awk '{print $4, $9}'
root /etc/audit/audit.rules
root /etc/audit/auditd.conf
root /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules

If "/etc/audit/audit.rules", "/etc/audit/auditd.conf", or "/etc/audit/rules.d/*" files are owned by a group other than "root", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-64240r953621_fix)
Configure "/etc/audit/audit.rules", "/etc/audit/rules.d/", and "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" files to be owned by root group by using the following command: $ sudo chown -R :root /etc/audit/audit.rules /etc/audit/auditd.conf /etc/audit/rules.d/