SV-281056r1165523: RHEL 10 must enforce root ownership of the "/etc/audit/" directory. | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 10 must enforce root ownership of the "/etc/audit/" directory.

Description

Discussion Text

The "/etc/audit/" directory contains files that ensure the proper auditing of command execution, privilege escalation, file manipulation, and more. Protection of this directory is critical for system security.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000171

References

DPMS Target Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 DISA DPMS Target Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 5733

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.rhel10os:def:281056
# RHEL 10 must enforce root ownership of the "/etc/audit/" directory.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# /etc/audit directory is owned by root
# file_object (file_test)
test_1() {
  [ "$(stat -c '%u' '/etc/audit')" -eq 0 ]
}

if test_1; then
  echo "PASS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

Assessment Script Powered by AISandbox-executed

A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.

Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.

#!/bin/sh
# oval:mil.disa.stig.rhel10os:def:281056
if [ -e /etc/audit ] && [ -d /etc/audit ] && [ -r /etc/audit ] && [ "$(stat -c '%U' /etc/audit)" = "0" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; else echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi

Remediation

Configure RHEL 10 so that the "/etc/audit/" directory is owned by "root" with the following command:

$ sudo chown root /etc/audit/