STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The AIX audit configuration files must be set to 640 or less permissive.

DISA Rule

SV-215317r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215317

Group Title

SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032

Rule Version

AIX7-00-002202

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000171 - The information system allows organization-defined personnel or roles to select which auditable events are to be audited by specific components of the information system.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the permission of the audit configuration files to "640".
# chmod 640 /etc/security/audit/*

Check Contents

Check that all the audit configuration files under /etc/security/audit/* have correct permissions.

# ls -l /etc/security/audit/*
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 37 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/bincmds
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 2838 Sep 05 16:33 /etc/security/audit/config
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 26793 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/events
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 340 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/objects
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 54 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/streamcmds

If any file has a mode more permissive than "640", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215317

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-002202

Severity Override Guidance

Check that all the audit configuration files under /etc/security/audit/* have correct permissions.

# ls -l /etc/security/audit/*
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 37 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/bincmds
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 2838 Sep 05 16:33 /etc/security/audit/config
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 26793 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/events
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 340 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/objects
-rw-r----- 1 root audit 54 Oct 10 2016 /etc/security/audit/streamcmds

If any file has a mode more permissive than "640", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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