STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The AIX audit configuration files must be owned by root.

DISA Rule

SV-215315r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215315

Group Title

SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032

Rule Version

AIX7-00-002200

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000171 - The information system allows organization-defined personnel or roles to select which auditable events are to be audited by specific components of the information system.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Set the owner audit configuration files to "root".
# chown root /etc/security/audit/*

Check Contents

Check that all the audit configuration files under /etc/security/audit/* have correct ownership.

# ls -l /etc/security/audit/*
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 37 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/bincmds
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 2838 Sep 05 16:33 /etc/security/audit/config
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 26793 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/events
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 340 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/objects
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 54 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/streamcmds

If any file's ownership is not "root", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215315

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-002200

Severity Override Guidance

Check that all the audit configuration files under /etc/security/audit/* have correct ownership.

# ls -l /etc/security/audit/*
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 37 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/bincmds
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 2838 Sep 05 16:33 /etc/security/audit/config
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 26793 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/events
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 340 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/objects
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 54 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/streamcmds

If any file's ownership is not "root", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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