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1.132 APPL-14-004001

Information

The macOS system must configure Apple System Log files to be owned by root and group to wheel.

GROUP ID: V-259553RULE ID: SV-259553r958564

The Apple System Logs (ASL) must be owned by root.

ASL logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If ASL log files are set to only be readable and writable by system administrators, the risk is mitigated.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083,SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

Solution

Configure the macOS system with Apple System Log files owned by root and group to wheel with the following command:

/usr/sbin/chown root:wheel $(/usr/bin/stat -f '%Su:%Sg:%N' $(/usr/bin/grep -e '^>' /etc/asl.conf /etc/asl/* | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $2 }') 2> /dev/null | /usr/bin/awk '!/^root:wheel:/{print $1}' | /usr/bin/awk -F":" '!/^root:wheel:/{print $3}')

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/24070

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-11a., 800-53|SI-11b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001312, CCI|CCI-001314, Rule-ID|SV-259553r958564_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-14-004001, Vuln-ID|V-259553

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4adac2d9088fb93035861094cd525b2e47838cd0751c97712b196dc2648ebc82