Audit log files must be owned by root.

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000162

SV-50296r1_rule Audit log files must be owned by root.

Vulnerability discussion

If non-privileged users can write to audit logs, audit trails can be modified or destroyed.

Check content

Run the following command to check the owner of the system audit logs: grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//|xargs stat -c %U:%n Audit logs must be owned by root. If they are not, this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the owner of the audit log files with the following command: # chown root [audit_file]

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