System audit logs must be owned by root.

From Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000162

SV-63845r1_rule System audit logs must be owned by root.

Vulnerability discussion

Failure to give ownership of system audit log files to root provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information.

Check content

Perform the following to determine the location of audit logs and then check the ownership. Procedure: # grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//|xargs stat -c %U:%n If any audit log file is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the ownership of the audit log file(s). Procedure: # chown root

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