System log files must not contain ACLs.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-001314

SV-65597r1_rule System log files must not contain ACLs.

Vulnerability discussion

System log files should not contain ACLs.

Check content

This command checks for log files that exist on the system and prints out the list of ACLs if there are any. ls -le `grep -v "^#" /etc/newsyslog.conf | awk '{ print $1 }'` 2> /dev/null ACLs will be listed under any file that may contain them. i.e. "0: group:admin allow list,readattr,reaadextattr,readsecurity" If any file contains this information, this is a finding.

Fix text

For any log file that returns an ACL, run the following command: chmod -N [log file] where [log file] is the full path to the log file in question.

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