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RHEL-10-400175 RHEL 10 must enforce "root" ownership of audit logs to prevent unauthorized access.

DISA STIG library V1R3
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first version loaded CAT II

Maps to AU-9, SI-11 via CCI-000162, CCI-000163, CCI-000164, CCI-001314

Title

RHEL 10 must enforce "root" ownership of audit logs to prevent unauthorized access.

Control

Verify RHEL 10 enforces "root" ownership of audit logs to prevent unauthorized access. Determine where the audit logs are stored with the following command: $ sudo grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf log_file = /var/log/audit/audit.log Using the location of the audit log file, determine if the audit log files are owned by "root" using the following command: $ sudo ls -la /var/log/audit/audit.log rw-------. 2 root root 237923 Jun 11 11:56 /var/log/audit/audit.log If the audit logs are not owned by "root", this is a finding.

Discussion

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

Related controls

CCI-000162, CCI-000163, CCI-000164, CCI-001314

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to enforce "root" ownership of audit logs to prevent unauthorized access with the following command: $ sudo chown root [audit_log_file] Replace "[audit_log_file]" with the correct audit log path. By default this location is "/var/log/audit/audit.log".