Details

The Apple System Logs (ASL) _MUST_ be configured to be writable by root and readable only by the root user and group wheel. To achieve this, ASL log files _MUST_ be configured to mode 640 permissive or less; thereby preventing normal users from reading, modifying or deleting audit logs. System logs frequently contain sensitive information that could be used by an attacker. Setting the correct permissions mitigates this risk.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Run the following bash code

/bin/chmod 640 $(/usr/bin/stat -f '%A:%N' $(/usr/bin/grep -e '^>' /etc/asl.conf /etc/asl/* | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $2 }') 2> /dev/null | /usr/bin/awk -F":" '!/640/{print $2}')
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Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://github.com/usnistgov/macos_security

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Information Integrity.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|SI-11
• CCE|CCE-84930-7
• STIG-ID|AOSX-15-004002

Source

• Tenable.com/audits