Lighttpd must have the correct ownership on the log files to ensure they are only be accessible by privileged users.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-240225	VRAU-LI-000095	SV-240225r879576_rule		Medium

Description
Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to log records provides information an attacker could potentially use to their advantage since each event record might contain communication ports, protocols, services, trust relationships, user names, etc. Lighttpd creates its own logs. It does not use an external log system. The Lighttpd log must only be accessible by privileged users.

Description

Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to log records provides information an attacker could potentially use to their advantage since each event record might contain communication ports, protocols, services, trust relationships, user names, etc. Lighttpd creates its own logs. It does not use an external log system. The Lighttpd log must only be accessible by privileged users.

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x Lighttpd Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-09-12

Details

Check Text ( C-43458r667850_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: ls -l /opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/*.log If the owner is not "root", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43417r667851_fix)
At the command prompt, enter the following command: chown root:root /opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/*.log