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Version

V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Fri Jul 22 2016

Log file permissions have not been configured to restrict unauthorized users

VMware ESX 3 Server

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Log file permissions have not been configured to restrict unauthorized users

Description

Discussion Text

It is critical to protect system log files from being modified or accessed by unauthorized individuals. Some logs may contain sensitive data that should only be available to the virtualization server administrator.

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Objective

V-15842

Rule

SV-16783r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

ESX0430

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

On the ESX Server service console review the following log file permissions.
For each file or folder perform the following:
# ls –lL /var/log 

OR 

# ls –lL /var/log/(directory)

Log Location   Permission
/var/log/boot.log   600
/var/log/cron   600
/var/log/dmesg   640
/var/log/initrdlogs/   600
/var/log/ksyms   600
/var/log/maillog   600
/var/log/messages   600
/var/log/oldconf/   700
/var/log/rpmpkgs   600
/var/log/secure   600
/var/log/spooler   600
/var/log/storageMonitor   600
/var/log/sudolog   600
/var/log/vmkernel   600
/var/log/vmkproxy   600
/var/log/vmksummary   600
/var/log/vmksummary.d/   600
/var/log/vmkwarning   600
/var/log/vmware/   700


If any of the directories or files do not match the table above, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Restrict unauthorized users from log files.

STIG check 102 of 630 in the VMware ESX 3 Server STIG checklist

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