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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22702	GEN002690	SV-38406r2_rule	ECLP-1 ECTP-1	Medium

Description
Sensitive system and user information could provide a malicious user with enough information to penetrate further into the system.

STIG	Date
HP-UX SMSE Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-02-28

Details

Check Text ( C-36450r2_chk )
Inspect the auditing configuration file, /etc/rc.config.d/auditing, to determine the filename and path of the audit logs. The entries should appear similar to the following: PRI_AUDFILE=/var/.audit/file1 SEC_AUDFILE=/var/.audit/file2 # egrep “PRI_AUDFILE\|SEC_AUDFILE” /etc/rc.config.d/auditing For each audit log directory/file, check the group ownership. # ls -lLd # ls -lLa If any audit log directory/file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36450r2_chk )

Inspect the auditing configuration file, /etc/rc.config.d/auditing, to determine the filename and path of the audit logs. The entries should appear similar to the following:
PRI_AUDFILE=/var/.audit/file1
SEC_AUDFILE=/var/.audit/file2

# egrep “PRI_AUDFILE|SEC_AUDFILE” /etc/rc.config.d/auditing

For each audit log directory/file, check the group ownership.
# ls -lLd
# ls -lLa

If any audit log directory/file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or other, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31789r2_fix)
As root, change the group ownership. # chgrp root # chgrp root