UBTU-20-010135 - The Ubuntu operating system must permit only authorized groups to own the audit configuration files - rules.d/*

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Information

Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel may be able to prevent the auditing of critical events.

Misconfigured audits may degrade the system's performance by overwhelming the audit log. Misconfigured audits may also make it more difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

Solution

Configure '/etc/audit/audit.rules', '/etc/audit/rules.d/*', and '/etc/audit/auditd.conf' files to be owned by root group by using the following command:

$ sudo chown :root /etc/audit/audit*.{rules,conf} /etc/audit/rules.d/*

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_20-04_LTS_V1R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000171, Rule-ID|SV-238251r653928_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-20-010135, Vuln-ID|V-238251

Plugin: Unix

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