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-26509r2_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 SMSE Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-02-28

Details

Check Text ( C-36438r2_chk )
Verify the audit tools are group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other. The list of files should minimally include the following: audevent - Change/display event/system call status. audfilter - Load/clear/display the audit filtering policy. auditdp - Selectively read/write and convert/format the audit data. audisp - Display audit records. audomon - Audit file monitoring and size parameter setpoints. audsys - Start/stop auditing; set/display the audit file or directory information. userdbset - Select user to be audited. # ls -lL /usr/sbin/aud* /usr/sbin/userdb* If any system audit tool is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36438r2_chk )

Verify the audit tools are group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other. The list of files should minimally include the following:
audevent - Change/display event/system call status.
audfilter - Load/clear/display the audit filtering policy.
auditdp - Selectively read/write and convert/format the audit data.
audisp - Display audit records.
audomon - Audit file monitoring and size parameter setpoints.
audsys - Start/stop auditing; set/display the audit file or directory information.
userdbset - Select user to be audited.
# ls -lL /usr/sbin/aud* /usr/sbin/userdb*

If any system audit tool is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31777r2_fix)
As root, change the file group ownership. # chgrp root