The Photon operating system messages file must have the correct ownership and file permissions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256516	PHTN-30-000041	SV-256516r958566_rule		Medium

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 and can provide sensitive information to an unprivileged attacker.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-12-16

Details

Check Text (C-60191r887220_chk)

At the command line, run the following command:

# stat -c "%n is owned by %U and group owned by %G with %a permissions" /var/log/messages

If the "/var/log/messages" directory is not owned by root or not group owned by root, or the file permissions are more permission than "640", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60134r887221_fix)

At the command line, run the following commands:

# chown root:root /var/log/messages

# chmod 0640 /var/log/messages