TMA-AIX-4.1.1.1
Ensure access on root user smit.log is configured
Description
The smit.log file int the HOME directory of root maintains a history of all smit commands run as root. The smit.log file may contain sensitive information regarding system configuration, which may be of interest to an attacker. This log file must be secured from unauthorized access and modifications. Audit: automated read-only check derived from the CIS audit procedure; it prints "compliant" when the control is met.
How it is checked
Audit method: Shell command
command -v lsuser >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; h=$(lsuser -a home root 2>/dev/null | sed -n "s/.*home=//p"); [ -n "$h" ] || exit 1; r=compliant; for f in "${h%/}/smit.log"; do if [ -e "$f" ]; then set -- $(ls -ld "$f"); s=$(printf '%s %s %s\n' "$1" "$3" "$4" | awk -v m='rw-r-----' -v o='' -v g='' '{ok=1; for(i=1;i<=9;i++) if(substr(m,i,1)=="-" && substr($1,i+1,1)!="-") ok=0; if(o!="" && $2 !~ ("^(" o ")$")) ok=0; if(g!="" && $3 !~ ("^(" g ")$")) ok=0; print (ok ? "ok" : $0)}'); [ "$s" = ok ] || r="$f: $s"; else :; fi; done; echo "$r"- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Remove world read and write access to the root user's smit.log: HOME=~root if (test ${HOME} != "/") then HOME=${HOME}/ fi chmod u=rw,g=r,o-rwx ${HOME}smit.log chown root:system ${HOME}smit.log
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- aixaudit
- Reference
- CIS IBM AIX 7 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 4.1.1.1 Ensure access on root user smit.log is configured
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target aix