Title

System audit tool executables must be owned by root. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

To prevent unauthorized access or manipulation of system audit logs, the tools for manipulating those logs must be protected.

Check Content

Determine if the system audit tool executables are owned by root. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, audit, auditcat, auditconv, auditpr, auditselect, auditstream, auditbin, and auditmerge. Procedure: ls -lL `which <audit tool executable>` If any system audit tool executable is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the owner of the system audit tool executables to root. #chown root <system audit tool executable>

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-38749r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-22370

Group Title: GEN002715

Expert Comments

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