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System audit logs must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22702 GEN002690 SV-37914r1_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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2016-06-01

Details

Check Text ( C-37140r1_chk )
Check the group ownership of the audit logs.

Procedure:
# grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//|xargs stat -c %G:%n

If any audit log file is not group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-24520r1_fix)
Change the group ownership of the audit log file(s).

Procedure:
# chgrp root