Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-812 | GEN002680 | SV-37912r1_rule | ECTP-1 | Medium |
Description |
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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 |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2014-04-02 |
Check Text ( C-37138r1_chk ) |
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Perform the following to determine the location of audit logs and then check the ownership. Procedure: # grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//|xargs stat -c %U:%n If any audit log file is not owned by root, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-966r2_fix) |
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Change the ownership of the audit log file(s). Procedure: # chown root |