The Photon operating system audit log must have correct permissions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256493	PHTN-30-000016	SV-256493r887153_rule		Medium

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

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-60168r887151_chk )
At the command line, run the following command: # (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"; stat -c "%n permissions are %a" ${audit_log_file%}*; else printf "audit log file(s) not found\n"; fi) If the permissions on any audit log file are more permissive than "0600", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-60168r887151_chk )

At the command line, run the following command:

# (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"; stat -c "%n permissions are %a" ${audit_log_file%}*; else printf "audit log file(s) not found\n"; fi)

If the permissions on any audit log file are more permissive than "0600", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60111r887152_fix)
At the command line, run the following command: # chmod 0600 Replace with the log files more permissive than 0600.