Title

Ubuntu OS must generate audit records for successful/unsuccessful uses of the crontab command. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).

Check Content

Verify an audit event is generated for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "crontab" command by using the following command: $ sudo auditctl -l | grep -w crontab -a always,exit -S all -F path=/usr/bin/crontab -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=privileged-crontab If the command does not return a line that matches the example or the line is commented out, this is a finding. Note: The "key=" value is arbitrary and can be different from the example output above.

Fix Text

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful uses of the "crontab" command. Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/stig.rules" file: -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/crontab -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-crontab To reload the rules file, issue the following command: $ sudo augenrules --load Note: The "-k <keyname>" at the end of the line gives the rule a unique meaning to help during an audit investigation. The <keyname> does not need to match the example above.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-275695r1148135_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-275695

Group Title: SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033

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