The SLES for vRealize must protect audit information from unauthorized read access - group ownership.

From VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000162

SV-99035r1_rule The SLES for vRealize must protect audit information from unauthorized read access - group ownership.

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 SLES for vRealize activity.

Check content

Verify that the SLES for vRealize audit logs are group-owned by "root". # (audit_log_file=$(grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//) && if [ -f "${audit_log_file}" ] ; then printf "Log(s) found in "${audit_log_file%/*}":\n"; ls -l ${audit_log_file%/*}; else printf "audit log file(s) not found\n"; fi) If any audit log file is not group-owned by "root" or "admin", this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the group ownership of the audit log file(s). Procedure: # chgrp root # chgrp root /var/log/audit/audit.log

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