Check: OSX8-00-01355
Apple OSX 10.8 STIG:
OSX8-00-01355
(in version v1 r2)
Title
The operating system must take organization-defined actions upon audit failure (e.g., shut down information system, overwrite oldest audit records, stop generating audit records). (Cat II impact)
Discussion
It is critical when a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs, as required, it detects and takes action to mitigate the failure. Audit processing failures include, software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. In order for the audit control system to shut down when an audit processing failure occurs, the setting "ahlt" must be configured. The default setting is "cnt" which allows the system to continue running in the event of an audit processing failure.
Check Content
The check with display the settings for the audit control system. To view the setting, run the following command: sudo grep policy /etc/security/audit_control | grep ahlt If there is no result, this is a finding.
Fix Text
Edit the /etc/security/audit_control file, and change the value for policy to include the setting "ahlt".
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-65707r1_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-51497
Group Title:
Expert Comments
CCIs
Number | Definition |
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CCI-000140 |
The information system takes organization-defined actions upon audit failure (e.g., shut down information system, overwrite oldest audit records, stop generating audit records). |
Controls
Number | Title |
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AU-5 |
Response To Audit Processing Failures |