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AIX7-00-002013 - Audit logs on the AIX system must be owned by root.

Information

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

Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit operating system activity.

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

Solution

Set the owner of the audit log file to "root".
# chown root <auditlog file>

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-9, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, Rule-ID|SV-215243r958434_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-002013, STIG-Legacy|SV-101363, STIG-Legacy|V-91263, Vuln-ID|V-215243

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2f3f0789eea9c9d74737001e870bcb21ff4e4e8d45dd6e1cc9722acc52ac9446