The Photon operating system audit log must have correct permissions.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-256493	SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027	PHTN-30-000016	SV-256493r958434_rule	2024-12-16	1

Description
Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit operating system activity. Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confidentiality.

ℹ️ Check
At the command line, run the following command: # (audit_log_file=$(grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf\|sed s/^[^\/]//) && if [ -f "${audit_log_file}" ] ; then printf "Log(s) found in "${audit_log_file%/}":\n"; stat -c "%n permissions are %a" ${audit_log_file%}*; else printf "audit log file(s) not found\n"; fi) If the permissions on any audit log file are more permissive than "0600", this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

At the command line, run the following command: # (audit_log_file=$(grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//) && if [ -f "${audit_log_file}" ] ; then printf "Log(s) found in "${audit_log_file%/*}":\n"; stat -c "%n permissions are %a" ${audit_log_file%}*; else printf "audit log file(s) not found\n"; fi) If the permissions on any audit log file are more permissive than "0600", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
At the command line, run the following command: # chmod 0600 <audit log file> Replace <audit log file> with the log files more permissive than 0600.