Title

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must have a crontab script running weekly to offload audit events of standalone systems. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

Check Content

Note: If this is an interconnected system, this is not applicable. Verify there is a script that offloads audit data and that script runs weekly with the following command: $ ls /etc/cron.weekly audit-offload Check if the script inside the file offloads audit logs to external media. If the script file does not exist or does not offload audit logs, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Create a script that offloads audit logs to external media and runs weekly. The script must be located in the "/etc/cron.weekly" directory.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-270817r1066940_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-270817

Group Title: SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

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