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V-271588

CAT II (Medium)

OL 9 /etc/audit/auditd.conf file must have 0640 or less permissive to prevent unauthorized access.

Rule ID

SV-271588r1091476_rule

STIG

Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

CCIs

CCI-000171

Discussion

Without the capability to restrict the roles and individuals that 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.

Check Content

Verify that OL 9 sets the mode of /etc/audit/auditd.conf with the command:

$ sudo stat -c "%a %n" /etc/audit/auditd.conf
640 /etc/audit/auditd.conf

If "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" does not have a mode of "0640", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file to have a mode of 0640 with the command:

$ sudo chmod 0640 /etc/audit/auditd.conf