Audit tools must have a mode of 0755 or less permissive.

From Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001493 CCI-001494 CCI-001495

SV-90333r2_rule Audit tools must have a mode of 0755 or less permissive.

Vulnerability discussion

Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit information.Ubuntu operating systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the user accessing the tools and the corresponding rights the user enjoys in order to make access decisions regarding the access to audit tools.Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.Satisfies: SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097, SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099

Check content

Verify the audit tools are protected from unauthorized access, deletion, or modification by checking the permissive mode. Check the octal permission of each audit tool by running the following command: #stat -c "%a %n" /sbin/auditctl /sbin/aureport /sbin/ausearch /sbin/autrace /sbin/auditd /sbin/audispd /sbin/augenrules 755 /sbin/augenrules If any of the audit tools has a mode more permissive than "0755", this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the audit tools to be protected from unauthorized access by setting the correct permissive mode using the following command: # sudo chmod 0755 [audit_tool] Replace "[audit_tool]" with the audit tool that does not have the correct permissive mode.

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