Title

The auditd service must be running in the Ubuntu operating system. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Configuring the Ubuntu operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.

Check Content

Verify the audit service is active. Check that the audit service is active with the following command: # service auditd status Active: active (running) If the service is not active this is a finding.

Fix Text

Start the auditd service, and enable the auditd service with the following commands: Start the audit service. # systemctl start auditd.service Enable auditd in the targets of the system. # systemctl enable auditd.service

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-215033r610931_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-215033

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.