Title

The rsyslog service must be running in RHEL 8. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Configuring RHEL 8 to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across the 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 rsyslog service is enabled and active with the following commands: $ sudo systemctl is-enabled rsyslog enabled $ sudo systemctl is-active rsyslog active If the service is not "enabled" and "active" this is a finding.

Fix Text

Start the auditd service, and enable the rsyslog service with the following commands: $ sudo systemctl start rsyslog.service $ sudo systemctl enable rsyslog.service

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-230298r627750_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-230298

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

Expert Comments

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