STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 31 Oct 2023:

The Photon operating system must allow only authorized users to configure the auditd service.

DISA Rule

SV-258812r933497_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-258812

Group Title

SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032

Rule Version

PHTN-40-000030

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000171 - Allow organization-defined personnel or roles to select the event types that are to be logged by specific components of the system.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

At the command line, run the following commands:

# chmod 0640 <audit file>
# chown root:root <audit file>

Replace <audit file> with the target file.

Check Contents

At the command line, run the following command to verify permissions on auditd configuration and rules files:

# find /etc/audit/* -type f -exec stat -c "%n %U:%G %a" {} $1\;

If any files are returned with permissions more permissive than "0640", this is a finding.
If any files are returned not owned by root, this is a finding.
If any files are returned not group owned by root, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-258812

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-40-000030

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following command to verify permissions on auditd configuration and rules files:

# find /etc/audit/* -type f -exec stat -c "%n %U:%G %a" {} $1\;

If any files are returned with permissions more permissive than "0640", this is a finding.
If any files are returned not owned by root, this is a finding.
If any files are returned not group owned by root, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5569