The owner of all log files written by
rsyslog should be
syslog.
These log files are determined by the second part of each Rule line in
/etc/rsyslog.conf and typically all appear in /var/log.
For each log file LOGFILE referenced in /etc/rsyslog.conf,
run the following command to inspect the file's owner:
$ ls -l LOGFILE
If the owner is not
syslog,
run the following command to
correct this:
$ sudo chown syslog LOGFILE
Rationale
The log files generated by rsyslog contain valuable information regarding system
configuration, user authentication, and other such information. Log files should be
protected from unauthorized access.
ISA-62443-2-1-2009, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems Part 2-1: Establishing an Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security Program
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
# List of log file paths to be inspected for correct permissions
# * Primarily inspect log file paths listed in /etc/rsyslog.conf
RSYSLOG_ETC_CONFIG="/etc/rsyslog.conf"
# * And also the log file paths listed after rsyslog's $IncludeConfig directive
# (store the result into array for the case there's shell glob used as value of IncludeConfig)
readarray -t OLD_INC < <(grep -e "\$IncludeConfig[[:space:]]\+[^[:space:];]\+" /etc/rsyslog.conf | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
readarray -t RSYSLOG_INCLUDE_CONFIG < <(for INCPATH in "${OLD_INC[@]}"; do eval printf '%s\\n' "${INCPATH}"; done)
readarray -t NEW_INC < <(sed -n '/^\s*include(/,/)/Ip' /etc/rsyslog.conf | sed -n 's@.*file\s*=\s*"\([/[:alnum:][:punct:]]*\)".*@\1@Ip')
readarray -t RSYSLOG_INCLUDE < <(for INCPATH in "${NEW_INC[@]}"; do eval printf '%s\\n' "${INCPATH}"; done)
# Declare an array to hold the final list of different log file paths
declare -a LOG_FILE_PATHS
# Array to hold all rsyslog config entries
RSYSLOG_CONFIGS=()
RSYSLOG_CONFIGS=("${RSYSLOG_ETC_CONFIG}" "${RSYSLOG_INCLUDE_CONFIG[@]}" "${RSYSLOG_INCLUDE[@]}")
# Get full list of files to be checked
# RSYSLOG_CONFIGS may contain globs such as
# /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/*.frule
# So, loop over the entries in RSYSLOG_CONFIGS and use find to get the list of included files.
RSYSLOG_CONFIG_FILES=()
for ENTRY in "${RSYSLOG_CONFIGS[@]}"
do
# If directory, rsyslog will search for config files in recursively.
# However, files in hidden sub-directories or hidden files will be ignored.
if [ -d "${ENTRY}" ]
then
readarray -t FINDOUT < <(find "${ENTRY}" -not -path '*/.*' -type f)
RSYSLOG_CONFIG_FILES+=("${FINDOUT[@]}")
elif [ -f "${ENTRY}" ]
then
RSYSLOG_CONFIG_FILES+=("${ENTRY}")
else
echo "Invalid include object: ${ENTRY}"
fi
done
# Browse each file selected above as containing paths of log files
# ('/etc/rsyslog.conf' and '/etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf' in the default configuration)
for LOG_FILE in "${RSYSLOG_CONFIG_FILES[@]}"
do
# From each of these files extract just particular log file path(s), thus:
# * Ignore lines starting with space (' '), comment ('#"), or variable syntax ('$') characters,
# * Ignore empty lines,
# * Strip quotes and closing brackets from paths.
# * Ignore paths that match /dev|/etc.*\.conf, as those are paths, but likely not log files
# * From the remaining valid rows select only fields constituting a log file path
# Text file column is understood to represent a log file path if and only if all of the
# following are met:
# * it contains at least one slash '/' character,
# * it is preceded by space
# * it doesn't contain space (' '), colon (':'), and semicolon (';') characters
# Search log file for path(s) only in case it exists!
if [[ -f "${LOG_FILE}" ]]
then
NORMALIZED_CONFIG_FILE_LINES=$(sed -e "/^[#|$]/d" "${LOG_FILE}")
LINES_WITH_PATHS=$(grep '[^/]*\s\+\S*/\S\+$' <<< "${NORMALIZED_CONFIG_FILE_LINES}")
FILTERED_PATHS=$(awk '{if(NF>=2&&($NF~/^\//||$NF~/^-\//)){sub(/^-\//,"/",$NF);print $NF}}' <<< "${LINES_WITH_PATHS}")
CLEANED_PATHS=$(sed -e "s/[\"')]//g; /\\/etc.*\.conf/d; /\\/dev\\//d" <<< "${FILTERED_PATHS}")
MATCHED_ITEMS=$(sed -e "/^$/d" <<< "${CLEANED_PATHS}")
# Since above sed command might return more than one item (delimited by newline), split
# the particular matches entries into new array specific for this log file
readarray -t ARRAY_FOR_LOG_FILE <<< "$MATCHED_ITEMS"
# Concatenate the two arrays - previous content of $LOG_FILE_PATHS array with
# items from newly created array for this log file
LOG_FILE_PATHS+=("${ARRAY_FOR_LOG_FILE[@]}")
# Delete the temporary array
unset ARRAY_FOR_LOG_FILE
fi
done
# Check for RainerScript action log format which might be also multiline so grep regex is a bit
# curly:
# extract possibly multiline action omfile expressions
# extract File="logfile" expression
# match only "logfile" expression
for LOG_FILE in "${RSYSLOG_CONFIG_FILES[@]}"
do
ACTION_OMFILE_LINES=$(grep -iozP "action\s*\(\s*type\s*=\s*\"omfile\"[^\)]*\)" "${LOG_FILE}")
OMFILE_LINES=$(echo "${ACTION_OMFILE_LINES}"| grep -iaoP "File\s*=\s*\"([/[:alnum:][:punct:]]*)\"\s*\)")
LOG_FILE_PATHS+=("$(echo "${OMFILE_LINES}"| grep -oE "\"([/[:alnum:][:punct:]]*)\""|tr -d "\"")")
done
# Ensure the correct attribute if file exists
FILE_CMD="chown"
for LOG_FILE_PATH in "${LOG_FILE_PATHS[@]}"
do
# Sanity check - if particular $LOG_FILE_PATH is empty string, skip it from further processing
if [ -z "$LOG_FILE_PATH" ]
then
continue
fi
$FILE_CMD "syslog" "$LOG_FILE_PATH"
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Remediation - Ansible
- name: Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User - Set rsyslog logfile configuration
facts
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
rsyslog_etc_config: /etc/rsyslog.conf
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.1
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.2
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.2
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- rsyslog_files_ownership
- name: Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User - Get IncludeConfig directive
ansible.builtin.shell: |
set -o pipefail
grep -e '$IncludeConfig' {{ rsyslog_etc_config }} | cut -d ' ' -f 2 || true
register: rsyslog_old_inc
changed_when: false
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.1
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.2
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.2
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- rsyslog_files_ownership
- name: Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User - Get include files directives
ansible.builtin.shell: |
set -o pipefail
awk '/)/{f=0} /include\(/{f=1} f{nf=gensub("^(include\\(|\\s*)file=\"(\\S+)\".*","\\2",1); if($0!=nf){print nf}}' {{ rsyslog_etc_config }} || true
register: rsyslog_new_inc
changed_when: false
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.1
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.2
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.2
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- rsyslog_files_ownership
- name: Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User - Aggregate rsyslog includes
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
include_config_output: '{{ rsyslog_old_inc.stdout_lines + rsyslog_new_inc.stdout_lines
}}'
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- rsyslog_old_inc is not skipped and rsyslog_new_inc is not skipped
tags:
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.1
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.2
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.2
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- rsyslog_files_ownership
- name: Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User - List all config files
ansible.builtin.find:
paths: '{{ item | dirname }}'
patterns: '{{ item | basename }}'
hidden: false
follow: true
loop: '{{ include_config_output | list + [rsyslog_etc_config] }}'
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- include_config_output is defined
register: rsyslog_config_files
failed_when: false
changed_when: false
tags:
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.1
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.2
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.2
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- rsyslog_files_ownership
- name: Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User - Extract log files old format
ansible.builtin.shell: |
set -o pipefail
grep -oP '^[^(\s|#|\$)]+[\s]+.*[\s]+-?(/+[^:;\s]+);*\.*$' {{ item.1.path }} | \
awk '{print $NF}' | \
sed -e 's/^-//' || true
loop: '{{ rsyslog_config_files.results | default([]) | subelements(''files'') }}'
register: log_files_old
changed_when: false
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- rsyslog_config_files is not skipped
tags:
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.1
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.2
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.2
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- rsyslog_files_ownership
- name: Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User - Extract log files new format
ansible.builtin.shell: |
set -o pipefail
grep -ozP "action\s*\(\s*type\s*=\s*\"omfile\"[^\)]*\)" {{ item.1.path }} | \
grep -aoP "File\s*=\s*\"([/[:alnum:][:punct:]]*)\"\s*\)" | \
grep -oE "\"([/[:alnum:][:punct:]]*)\"" | \
tr -d "\""|| true
loop: '{{ rsyslog_config_files.results | default([]) | subelements(''files'') }}'
register: log_files_new
changed_when: false
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- rsyslog_config_files is not skipped
tags:
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.1
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.2
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.2
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- rsyslog_files_ownership
- name: Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User - Sum all log files found
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
log_files: '{{ log_files_new.results | map(attribute=''stdout_lines'') | list
| flatten | unique + log_files_old.results | map(attribute=''stdout_lines'')
| list | flatten | unique }}'
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.1
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.2
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.2
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- rsyslog_files_ownership
- name: Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User -Setup log files attribute
ansible.builtin.file:
path: '{{ item }}'
owner: syslog
state: file
loop: '{{ log_files | list | flatten | unique }}'
failed_when: false
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.1
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.2
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.2
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- rsyslog_files_ownership