The SUSE operating system must protect audit rules from unauthorized modification.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals 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. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029
- ID
- SV-217202r958434_rule
- Version
- SLES-12-020120
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the SUSE operating system to protect audit rules from unauthorized modification.
Add or update the following rules in "/etc/permissions.local":
/var/log/audit root:root 600
/var/log/audit/audit.log root:root 600