The SLES for vRealize must protect audit information from unauthorized read access - group-ownership.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-89495	VRAU-SL-000155	SV-100145r1_rule		Medium

Description
Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confidentiality. Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit operating system activity.

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-10-12

Details

Check Text ( C-89187r1_chk )
Verify that the system audit logs are group-owned by "root": # (audit_log_file=$(grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//) && if [ -f "${audit_log_file}" ] ; then printf "Log(s) found in "${audit_log_file%/*}":\n"; ls -l ${audit_log_file%/*}; else printf "audit log file(s) not found\n"; fi) If any audit log file is not group-owned by "root" or "admin", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-96237r1_fix)
Change the group-ownership of the audit log file(s). Procedure: # chgrp root # chgrp root /var/log/audit/audit.log