Check: RHEL-09-653010
RHEL 9 STIG:
RHEL-09-653010
(in version v2 r3)
Title
RHEL 9 audit package must be installed. (Cat II impact)
Discussion
Without establishing what type of events occurred, the source of events, where events occurred, and the outcome of events, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. Audit record content that may be necessary to satisfy this requirement includes, for example, time stamps, source and destination addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, success/fail indications, filenames involved, and access control or flow control rules invoked. Associating event types with detected events in audit logs provides a means of investigating an attack, recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or identifying an improperly configured RHEL 9 system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000038-GPOS-00016, SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017, SRG-OS-000040-GPOS-00018, SRG-OS-000041-GPOS-00019, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00021, SRG-OS-000051-GPOS-00024, SRG-OS-000054-GPOS-00025, SRG-OS-000122-GPOS-00063, SRG-OS-000254-GPOS-00095, SRG-OS-000255-GPOS-00096, SRG-OS-000337-GPOS-00129, SRG-OS-000348-GPOS-00136, SRG-OS-000349-GPOS-00137, SRG-OS-000350-GPOS-00138, SRG-OS-000351-GPOS-00139, SRG-OS-000352-GPOS-00140, SRG-OS-000353-GPOS-00141, SRG-OS-000354-GPOS-00142, SRG-OS-000358-GPOS-00145, SRG-OS-000365-GPOS-00152, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000475-GPOS-00220, SRG-OS-000055-GPOS-00026
Check Content
Verify that the RHEL 9 audit service package is installed. Check that the audit service package is installed with the following command: $ dnf list --installed audit Example output: audit-3.0.7-101.el9_0.2.x86_64 If the "audit" package is not installed, this is a finding.
Fix Text
Install the audit service package (if the audit service is not already installed) with the following command: $ sudo dnf install audit
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-258151r1045298_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-258151
Group Title: SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031
Expert Comments
CCIs
| Number | Definition |
|---|---|
| CCI-000130 |
Ensure that audit records contain information that establishes what type of event occurred. |
| CCI-000131 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes when the event occurred. |
| CCI-000132 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes where the event occurred. |
| CCI-000133 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes the source of the event. |
| CCI-000134 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes the outcome of the event. |
| CCI-000135 |
Generate audit records containing the organization-defined additional information that is to be included in the audit records. |
| CCI-000154 |
Provide the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system. |
| CCI-000158 |
Provide the capability to process, sort, and search audit records for events of interest based on organization-defined audit fields within audit records. |
| CCI-000159 |
Use internal system clocks to generate time stamps for audit records. |
| CCI-000169 |
Provide audit record generation capability for the event types the system is capable of auditing as defined in AU-2 a on organization-defined information system components. |
| CCI-000172 |
Generate audit records for the event types defined in AU-2 c that include the audit record content defined in AU-3. |
| CCI-001464 |
Initiates session audits automatically at system start-up. |
| CCI-001487 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes the identity of any individuals, subjects, or objects/entities associated with the event. |
| CCI-001814 |
The Information system supports auditing of the enforcement actions. |
| CCI-001875 |
Provide an audit reduction capability that supports on-demand audit review and analysis. |
| CCI-001876 |
Provide an audit reduction capability that supports on-demand reporting requirements. |
| CCI-001877 |
Provide an audit reduction capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of incidents. |
| CCI-001878 |
Provide a report generation capability that supports on-demand audit review and analysis. |
| CCI-001879 |
Provide a report generation capability that supports on-demand reporting requirements. |
| CCI-001880 |
Provide a report generation capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents. |
| CCI-001881 |
Provide an audit reduction capability that does not alter original content or time ordering of audit records. |
| CCI-001882 |
Provide a report generation capability that does not alter original content or time ordering of audit records. |
| CCI-001889 |
Record time stamps for audit records that meet organization-defined granularity of time measurement. |
| CCI-001914 |
Provide the capability for organization-defined individuals or roles to change the logging to be performed on organization-defined system components based on organization-defined selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds. |
| CCI-002884 |
Log organization-defined audit events for nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions. |
| CCI-003938 |
Automatically generate audit records of the enforcement actions. |
Controls
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| AU-3 |
Content of Audit Records |
| AU-3(1) |
Additional Audit Information |
| AU-6(4) |
Central Review and Analysis |
| AU-7 |
Audit Reduction and Report Generation |
| AU-7(1) |
Automatic Processing |
| AU-8 |
Time Stamps |
| AU-12 |
Audit Generation |
| AU-12(3) |
Changes by Authorized Individuals |
| AU-14(1) |
System Start-up |
| CM-5(1) |
Automated Access Enforcement / Auditing |
| MA-4(1) |
Auditing and Review |