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Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-271824	OL09-00-002570	SV-271824r1092184_rule		Medium

Description

Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data; therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit information. OL 9 systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the user accessing the tools, and the corresponding rights the user enjoys, to make access decisions regarding the access to audit tools. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.

STIG	Date
Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2025-05-08

Check Text (C-75874r1092182_chk)

Verify that OL 9 audit tools are group owned by "root" with the following command: $ sudo stat -c "%G %n" /sbin/auditctl /sbin/aureport /sbin/ausearch /sbin/autrace /sbin/auditd /sbin/rsyslogd /sbin/augenrules root /sbin/auditctl root /sbin/aureport root /sbin/ausearch root /sbin/autrace root /sbin/auditd root /sbin/rsyslogd root /sbin/augenrules If any audit tools do not have a group owner of "root", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-75781r1092183_fix)

Configure the audit tools to be group-owned by "root" by running the following command: $ sudo chgrp root [audit_tool] Replace "[audit_tool]" with each audit tool not group-owned by "root".