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Ubuntu OS must configure the files used by the system journal to be owned by "root".

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-275597RIIM-OS-232090SV-275597r1147841_ruleCCI-001318medium
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 operating 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
Riverbed NetIM OS Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-10-02

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (6) 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.

BCD-01Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)
1.00
SEA-01Secure Engineering Principles
1.00
SEA-01.2Achieving Resilience Requirements
1.00
SEA-02Alignment With Enterprise Architecture
1.00
BCD-12.2Failover Capability
0.50
SEA-07Predictable Failure Analysis
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 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.

SI-13Predictable Failure Prevention
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001318
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) 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.

PR.IR-03
1.00
ID.AM-08
0.50

Who does this work

7 NICE work roles and 5 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-275597r1147841_chk)

Verify the /run/log/journal and /var/log/journal files are owned by "root" by using the following command: $ sudo find /run/log/journal /var/log/journal -type f -exec stat -c "%n %U" {} \; /var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/system@99dcc72bb1134aaeae4bf157aa7606f4-0000000000003c7a-0006073f8d1c0fec.journal root /var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/system.journal root /var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/user-1000.journal root /var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/user-1000@bdedf14602ff4081a77dc7a6debc8626-00000000000062a6-00060b4b414b617a.journal root /var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/system@99dcc72bb1134aaeae4bf157aa7606f4-0000000000005301-000609a409 593.journal root /var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/system@99dcc72bb1134aaeae4bf157aa7606f4-0000000000000001-000604dae53225ee.journal root /var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/user-1000@bdedf14602ff4081a77dc7a6debc8626-000000000000083b-000604dae72c7e3b.journal root If any output returned is not owned by "root", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-79604r1147840_fix)

Configure Ubuntu OS to set the appropriate ownership to the files used by the systemd journal: Add or modify the following lines in the "/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf" file: Z /run/log/journal/%m ~2640 root systemd-journal - - z /var/log/journal/%m 2640 root systemd-journal - - z /var/log/journal/%m/system.journal 0640 root systemd-journal - - Restart the system for the changes to take effect.