AlmaLinux OS 9 audit tools must have a mode of 0755 or less permissive.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-269543	SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097	ALMA-09-056560	SV-269543r1050426_rule	2025-02-20	1

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. AlmaLinux OS 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. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099

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. AlmaLinux OS 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. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099

ℹ️ Check
Verify the audit tools have a mode of "0755" or less with the following command: $ stat -c "%#a %n" /sbin/auditctl /sbin/aureport /sbin/ausearch /sbin/autrace /sbin/auditd /sbin/rsyslogd /sbin/augenrules 0755 /sbin/auditctl 0755 /sbin/aureport 0755 /sbin/ausearch 0750 /sbin/autrace 0755 /sbin/auditd 0755 /sbin/rsyslogd 0755 /sbin/augenrules If any of the audit tool files have a mode more permissive than "0755", this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the audit tools have a mode of "0755" or less with the following command: $ stat -c "%#a %n" /sbin/auditctl /sbin/aureport /sbin/ausearch /sbin/autrace /sbin/auditd /sbin/rsyslogd /sbin/augenrules 0755 /sbin/auditctl 0755 /sbin/aureport 0755 /sbin/ausearch 0750 /sbin/autrace 0755 /sbin/auditd 0755 /sbin/rsyslogd 0755 /sbin/augenrules If any of the audit tool files have a mode more permissive than "0755", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the audit tools to have a mode of "0755" by running the following command: $ chmod 0755 [audit_tool] Replace "[audit_tool]" with each audit tool that has a more permissive mode than 0755.