Title

Audit logs must be rotated daily. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Rotate audit logs daily to preserve audit file system space and to conform to the DoD/DISA requirement. If it is not rotated daily and moved to another location, then there is more of a chance for the compromise of audit data by malicious users.

Check Content

Check for any crontab entries that rotate audit logs. Procedure: # crontab -l If such a cron job is found, this is not a finding. Otherwise, query the SA. If there is a process automatically rotating audit logs, this is not a finding. If the SA manually rotates audit logs, this is still a finding, because if the SA is not there, it will not be accomplished. If the audit output is not archived daily, to tape or disk, this is a finding. This can be ascertained by looking at the audit log directory and, if more than one file is there, or if the file does not have today's date, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure a cron job or other automated process to rotate the audit logs on a daily basis.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-4357r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-4357

Group Title: GEN002860

Expert Comments

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