Title

The Cisco ASA must be configured to automatically audit account modification. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Since the accounts in the network device are privileged or system-level accounts, account management is vital to the security of the network device. Account management by a designated authority ensures access to the network device is being controlled in a secure manner by granting access to only authorized personnel with the appropriate and necessary privileges. Auditing account modification along with an automatic notification to appropriate individuals will provide the necessary reconciliation that account management procedures are being followed. If modifications to management accounts are not audited, reconciliation of account management procedures cannot be tracked.

Check Content

Review the ASA configuration to determine if it automatically audits account modification. The configuration should look similar to the example below: logging enable logging buffered informational Note: The ASA will log all EXEC-mode commands. If account modification is not automatically audited, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the ASA to log account modification using the following commands: ASA(config)# logging enable ASA(config)# logging buffered informational ASA(config)# end

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-239898r879526_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-239898

Group Title: SRG-APP-000027-NDM-000209

Expert Comments

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