RHEL-06-000280 - The system package management tool must verify group-ownership on all files and directories associated with the audit package.

Information

Group-ownership of audit binaries and configuration files that is incorrect could allow an unauthorized user to gain privileges that they should not have. The group-ownership set by the vendor should be maintained. Any deviations from this baseline should be investigated.

Solution

The RPM package management system can restore file group-ownership of the audit package files and directories. The following command will update audit files with group-ownership different from what is expected by the RPM database:

# rpm --setugids audit

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_6_V2R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-9, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001495, Rule-ID|SV-218032r603264_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-06-000280, STIG-Legacy|SV-50466, STIG-Legacy|V-38665, Vuln-ID|V-218032

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f214f18092a6270d5cb76066a5bf95744d433c47b530b4b202ce121403942cf0