Title

The audit system must identify staff members to receive notifications of audit log storage volume capacity issues. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Email sent to the root account is typically aliased to the administrators of the system, who can take appropriate action.

Check Content

Inspect "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" and locate the following line to determine if the system is configured to send email to an account when it needs to notify an administrator: action_mail_acct = root If auditd is not configured to send emails per identified actions, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The "auditd" service can be configured to send email to a designated account in certain situations. Add or correct the following line in "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" to ensure that administrators are notified via email for those situations: action_mail_acct = root

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-218057r603264_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-218057

Group Title: SRG-OS-000046

Expert Comments

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