Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-218086 | RHEL-06-000385 | SV-218086r505923_rule | Medium |
Description |
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If users can delete audit logs, audit trails can be modified or destroyed. |
STIG | Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2020-09-03 |
Check Text ( C-19567r377273_chk ) |
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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-19565r377274_fix) |
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Change the mode of the audit log directories with the following command: # chmod go-w [audit_directory] |