The system package management tool must verify ownership on all files and directories associated with the audit package.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38664	RHEL-06-000279	SV-50465r1_rule		Medium

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

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

Details

Check Text ( C-46224r1_chk )
The following command will list which audit files on the system have ownership different from what is expected by the RPM database: # rpm -V audit | grep '^.....U' If there is output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43613r1_fix)
The RPM package management system can restore file ownership of the audit package files and directories. The following command will update audit files with ownership different from what is expected by the RPM database: # rpm --setugids audit