Audit log directories must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

From Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000164

SV-64833r1_rule Audit log directories must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

Vulnerability discussion

If users can delete audit logs, audit trails can be modified or destroyed.

Check content

Run the following command to check the mode of the system audit directories: grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed 's/^[^/]*//; s/[^/]*$//'|xargs stat -c %a:%n Audit directories must be mode 0755 or less permissive. If any are more permissive, this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the mode of the audit log directories with the following command: # chmod go-w [audit_directory]

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