Audit log directories must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-209055	OL6-00-000385	SV-209055r793776_rule		Medium

Description
If users can delete audit logs, audit trails can be modified or destroyed.

STIG	Date
Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-12-03

Details

Check Text ( C-9308r357950_chk )
Run the following command to check the mode of the system audit directories: grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed 's/^[^/]*//; s/[^/]*$//'|xargs stat -c %a:%n Audit directories must be mode 0755 or less permissive. If any are more permissive, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-9308r357951_fix)
Change the mode of the audit log directories with the following command: # chmod go-w [audit_directory]