RHEL 9 audit log directory must be owned by root to prevent unauthorized read access.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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
- ID
- SV-258166r1045303_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-653085
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the audit log to be protected from unauthorized read access by setting the correct owner as "root" with the following command:
$ sudo chown root /var/log/audit