System audit logs must be group-owned by wheel.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22702	GEN002690 M6	SV-38144r1_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
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide Draft	2013-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-37513r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to verify group ownership of the files. ls -Ll /var/audit If any file is not group owned by wheel, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32761r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to change group ownership of the file. chgrp wheel /var/audit/