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1.381 RHEL-09-653080

Information

RHEL 9 audit logs must be group-owned by root or by a restricted logging group to prevent unauthorized read access.

GROUP ID: V-258165
RULE ID: SV-258165r958434

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

Change the group of the directory of "/var/log/audit" to be owned by a correct group.

Identify the group that is configured to own audit log:

$ sudo grep -P '^[ ]*log_group[ ]+=.*$' /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Change the ownership to that group:

$ sudo chgrp ${GROUP} /var/log/audit

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22008

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-258165r958434_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-653080, Vuln-ID|V-258165

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e577b0a721e85bc308a519cd9c18f40cda1a2c6dcf20ecd055dc4bdd6d6f5380