The macOS system must configure Apple System Log files to be owned by root and group to wheel.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The Apple System Logs (ASL) must be owned by root. ASL logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If ASL log files are set to only be readable and writable by system administrators, the risk is mitigated. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083,SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084
- ID
- SV-259553r958564_rule
- Version
- APPL-14-004001
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the macOS system with Apple System Log files owned by root and group to wheel with the following command:
/usr/sbin/chown root:wheel $(/usr/bin/stat -f '%Su:%Sg:%N' $(/usr/bin/grep -e '^>' /etc/asl.conf /etc/asl/* | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $2 }') 2> /dev/null | /usr/bin/awk '!/^root:wheel:/{print $1}' | /usr/bin/awk -F":" '!/^root:wheel:/{print $3}')