Title

The firewall must generate traffic log entries containing information to establish the source of the events, such as the source IP address at a minimum. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, security personnel need to know the source of the event. In addition to logging where events occur within the network, the traffic log events must also identify sources of events, such as IP addresses, processes, and node or device names.

Check Content

Examine the traffic log configuration on the firewall or view several alert events on the organization's central audit server. Verify the entries sent to the traffic log include sufficient information to ascertain the source of the events (e.g., IP address, session, or packet ID). If the traffic log entries do not include sufficient information to ascertain the source of the events, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the firewall implementation to ensure entries sent to the traffic log include sufficient information to ascertain the source of each event (e.g., IP address, session, or packet ID).

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-206681r604133_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-206681

Group Title: SRG-NET-000077

Expert Comments

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