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V-281052

CAT II (Medium)

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

Rule ID

SV-281052r1165511_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

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

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

Check Content

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.

Fix Text

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".