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

Verify the audit tool executables are owned by root. # ls -l /usr/sbin/auditd /usr/sbin/audit /usr/sbin/bsmrecord /usr/sbin/auditreduce /usr/sbin/praudit /usr/sbin/auditconfig If any listed file is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the owner of the audit tool executable to root. # chown root [audit tool executable]

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-26505r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-22370

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