Title

The system package management tool must verify group-ownership on all files and directories associated with the audit package. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Group-ownership of audit binaries and configuration files that is incorrect could allow an unauthorized user to gain privileges that they should not have. The group-ownership set by the vendor should be maintained. Any deviations from this baseline should be investigated.

Check Content

The following command will list which audit files on the system have group-ownership different from what is expected by the RPM database: # rpm -V audit | grep '^......G' If there is output, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The RPM package management system can restore file group-ownership of the audit package files and directories. The following command will update audit files with group-ownership different from what is expected by the RPM database: # rpm --setugids audit

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-218032r603264_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-218032

Group Title: SRG-OS-000258

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