STIGQter: STIG Summary: Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

Audit log files must be group-owned by root.

DISA Rule

SV-209066r603263_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-209066

Group Title

SRG-OS-000057

Rule Version

OL6-00-000522

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000162 - The information system protects audit information from unauthorized access.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the group owner of the audit log files with the following command:

# chgrp root [audit_file]

Check Contents

Run the following command to check the group owner of the system audit logs:

grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//|xargs stat -c %G:%n

Audit logs must be group-owned by root.
If they are not, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-209066

Documentable

False

Rule Version

OL6-00-000522

Severity Override Guidance

Run the following command to check the group owner of the system audit logs:

grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//|xargs stat -c %G:%n

Audit logs must be group-owned by root.
If they are not, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2928

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