System audit tool executables must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22371	GEN002716	SV-26509r1_rule	ECLP-1	Low

Description
To prevent unauthorized access or manipulation of system audit logs, the tools for manipulating those logs must be protected.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-06-27

Details

Check Text ( C-36438r1_chk )
Verify the audit tool executables are group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other. # ls -lL /usr/sbin/aud* The list of files should include: audevent, audfilter, audfilterd, audisp, audomon, audsys, audusr. If any listed file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31777r1_fix)
Change the group-owner of the audit tool executable to root, bin, sys, or other. Procedure: # chgrp root