Vulnerability Discussion
Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confidentiality.
Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit RHEL 8 activity.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029
Check
Verify the audit log directory is owned by "root" to prevent unauthorized read access.
Determine where the audit logs are stored with the following command:
$ sudo grep -iw log_file /etc/audit/auditd.conf
log_file = /var/log/audit/audit.log
Determine the owner of the audit log directory by using the output of the above command (ex: "/var/log/audit/"). Run the following command with the correct audit log directory path:
$ sudo ls -ld /var/log/audit
drw------- 2 root root 23 Jun 11 11:56 /var/log/audit
If the audit log directory is not owned by "root", this is a finding.
Fix
Configure the audit log to be protected from unauthorized read access, by setting the correct owner as "root" with the following command:
$ sudo chown root [audit_log_directory]
Replace "[audit_log_directory]" with the correct audit log directory path, by default this location is usually "/var/log/audit".