System audit logs must be owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-812	GEN002680	SV-38477r2_rule	ECTP-1	Medium

Description
Failure to give ownership of system audit log files to root provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-36424r2_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 ownership. # ls -lLd # ls -lLa If any audit log directory/file is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36424r2_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 ownership.
# ls -lLd
# ls -lLa

If any audit log directory/file is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31763r2_fix)
As root, change the ownership. # chown root # chown root