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6.3.4.9 Ensure audit tools owner is configured

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This audit has been deprecated and will be removed in a future update.

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Information

Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.

Protecting audit information includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit information.

Solution

Run the following command to change the owner of the audit tools to the root user:

# chown root /sbin/auditctl /sbin/aureport /sbin/ausearch /sbin/autrace /sbin/auditd /sbin/augenrules

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/18209

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

References: 800-53|AC-3, 800-53|AC-5, 800-53|AC-6, 800-53|MP-2, CSCv7|14.6

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d1fb03e6c2783b77f9535534fce21920abb3288c4a5c7c13ce26e3861f230794