Audit log files must be group-owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38445	RHEL-06-000522	SV-50245r2_rule		Medium

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

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-05-26

Details

Check Text ( C-46000r1_chk )
Run the following command to check the group owner of the system audit logs: grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//|xargs stat -c %G:%n Audit logs must be group-owned by root. If they are not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43390r1_fix)
Change the group owner of the audit log files with the following command: # chgrp root [audit_file]