Audit log files must have mode 0640 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38498	RHEL-06-000383	SV-50299r1_rule		Medium

Description
If 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-46055r1_chk )
Run the following command to check the mode of the system audit logs: grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//|xargs stat -c %a:%n Audit logs must be mode 0640 or less permissive. If any are more permissive, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43445r1_fix)
Change the mode of the audit log files with the following command: # chmod 0640 [audit_file]