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RHEL 10 must enforce mode "0640" or less permissive for the "/var/log/messages" file.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-281062RHEL-10-400225SV-281062r1165541_ruleCCI-001314medium
Description
Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organization's operational state or can identify the RHEL 10 system or platform. Additionally, personally identifiable information (PII) and operational information must not be revealed through error messages to unauthorized personnel or their designated representatives. The structure and content of error messages must be carefully considered by the organization and development team. The extent to which the information system is able to identify and handle error conditions is guided by organizational policy and operational requirements.
STIGDate
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

TDA-19Error Handling
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (12) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-14(1)System Start-up
1.00
AU-9Protection of Audit Information
1.00
AU-9(1)Hardware Write-once Media
1.00
AU-9(3)Cryptographic Protection
1.00

+2 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001314
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-281062r1165541_chk)

Verify RHEL 10 is configured so that the "/var/log/messages" file has a mode of "0640" or less permissive with the following command: $ stat -c '%a %n' /var/log/messages 600 /var/log/messages If "/var/log/messages" does not have a mode of "0640" or less permissive, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85528r1165540_fix)

Configure RHEL 10 so that the "/var/log/messages" file has a mode of "0640" by running the following command: $ sudo chmod 0640 /var/log/messages