Detections
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1.149 OL09-00-000790

Information

OL 9 audit log directory must be owned by root to prevent unauthorized read access.

GROUP ID: V-271584
RULE ID: SV-271584r1091464

Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confidentiality.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029, SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

Solution

Configure OL 9 to protect the audit log from unauthorized read access by setting the correct owner as "root" with the following command:

$ sudo chown root /var/log/audit

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|AU-9, 800-53|SI-11b., CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, CCI|CCI-001314, Rule-ID|SV-271584r1091464_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000790, Vuln-ID|V-271584

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f62501639c672ca3df0e561659d0d0518641cc04d5e42c16dbf5a5519ed023cb