System audit logs must have mode 0640 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-813	GEN002700	SV-38478r2_rule	ECTP-1	Medium

Description
If a user can write to the audit logs, audit trails can be modified or destroyed and system intrusion may not be detected. System audit logs are those files generated from the audit system and do not include activity, error, or other log files created by application software.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-36425r2_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 permissions. # ls -lLd # ls -lLa If any audit log file has permissions greater than 0640 (0750 for directories), this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36425r2_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 permissions.
# ls -lLd
# ls -lLa

If any audit log file has permissions greater than 0640 (0750 for directories), this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31764r2_fix)
As root, change the permissions. # chmod 0750 # chmod 0640