The system package management tool must verify group-ownership on all files and directories associated with the audit package.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38665	RHEL-06-000280	SV-50466r1_rule		Medium

Description
Group-ownership of audit binaries and configuration files that is incorrect could allow an unauthorized user to gain privileges that they should not have. The group-ownership set by the vendor should be maintained. Any deviations from this baseline should be investigated.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-12-16

Details

Check Text ( C-46225r1_chk )
The following command will list which audit files on the system have group-ownership different from what is expected by the RPM database: # rpm -V audit | grep '^......G' If there is output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43614r1_fix)
The RPM package management system can restore file group-ownership of the audit package files and directories. The following command will update audit files with group-ownership different from what is expected by the RPM database: # rpm --setugids audit