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1.382 RHEL-09-653085

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-258166
RULE ID: SV-258166r1045303

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 the audit log to be protected 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/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-258166r1045303_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-653085, Vuln-ID|V-258166

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1c142c1e8af4431f5a38f9a45a4cfb815902041dbda0e141890dfcca39bce793