Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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RHEL-06-000383 | RHEL-06-000383 | RHEL-06-000383_rule | Medium |
Description |
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If users can write to audit logs, audit trails can be modified or destroyed. |
STIG | Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2013-02-05 |
Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000383_chk ) |
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Run the following command to check the mode of the system audit logs: grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//|xargs stat -c %a:%n Audit logs must be mode 0640 or less permissive. If any are more permissive, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000383_fix) |
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Change the mode of the audit log files with the following command: # chmod 0640 [audit_file] |