Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Thu Jan 26 2023

All system audit files must not have extended ACLs.

Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

All system audit files must not have extended ACLs.

Description

Discussion Text

If a user can write to the audit logs, then audit trails can be modified or destroyed and system intrusion may not be detected.

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Objective

V-226593

Rule

SV-226593r603265_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN002710

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the audit configuration to determine the location of the system audit log files.
# more /etc/security/audit_control
Check the system audit log files for extended ACLs.
# ls -la [audit log dir]
If the permissions include a "+", the file has an extended ACL and this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove the extended ACL from the file. 
# chmod A- [audit file]

STIG check 239 of 507 in the Solaris 10 SPARC STIG checklist

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