The Photon operating system messages file must have the correct ownership and file permissions.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organization's operational state and can provide sensitive information to an unprivileged attacker.
- ID
- SV-256516r958566_rule
- Version
- PHTN-30-000041
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
At the command line, run the following commands:
# chown root:root /var/log/messages
# chmod 0640 /var/log/messages