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V-256903

CAT II (Medium)

Automation Controller's log files must be accessible by explicitly defined privilege.

Rule ID

SV-256903r903539_rule

STIG

Red Hat Ansible Automation Controller Application Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000162

Discussion

A failure of the confidentiality of Automation Controller log files would enable an attacker to identify key information about the system that they might not otherwise be able to obtain that would enable them to enumerate more information to enable escalation or lateral movement. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000118-AS-000078, SRG-APP-000119-AS-000079, SRG-APP-000120-AS-000080, SRG-APP-000121-AS-000081, SRG-APP-000122-AS-000082, SRG-APP-000123-AS-000083, SRG-APP-000267-AS-000170

Check Content

As an administrator, log into each Automation Controller host. Inspect the current permissions and owner of Automation Controller's NGINX log directory:<br />stat -c "%a %U %G" /var/log/nginx/ | grep "770 nginx root" || echo "FAILED"<br /><br />If "FAILED" is displayed, this is a finding.<br /><br />Inspect the current permissions and owner of Automation Controller's log directory:<br />$ stat -c "%a %U %G" /var/log/tower/ | grep "750 awx awx" || echo "FAILED"<br /><br />If "FAILED" is displayed, this is a finding.<br /><br />Inspect the current permissions and owner of Automation Controller's supervisor log directory:<br />stat -c "%a %U %G" /var/log/supervisor/ | grep "770 root root" || echo "FAILED"<br /><br />If "FAILED" is displayed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

As a system administrator for each Automation Controller host, set the permissions and owner of Automation Controller's NGINX log directory:
chmod 770 /var/log/nginx
chown nginx:root /var/log/nginx

Set the permissions and owner of Automation Controller's log directory: 
chmod 770 /var/log/tower
chown awx:awx /var/log/tower

Set the permissions and owner of Automation Controller's supervisor log directory:
chmod 770 /var/log/supervisor/
chown root:root /var/log/supervisor/