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1.121 RHEL-10-400170

Information

RHEL 10 must enforce "root" ownership of the audit log directory to prevent unauthorized read access.

GROUP ID: V-281051RULE ID: SV-281051r1165508

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 RHEL 10 to prevent unauthorized read access by ensuring the audit log directory is "root" owned with the following command:

$ sudo chown root /var/log/audit

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|AU-9, 800-53|SI-11b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, CCI|CCI-001314, Rule-ID|SV-281051r1165508_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400170, Vuln-ID|V-281051

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6c1aa53e52503d51b4cd629dfde97c98ea12c9891c442c076652c7bb01c447bb