Title

RHEL 9 must take action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches a maximum of 75 percent utilization, they are unable to plan for audit record storage capacity expansion. The notification can be set to trigger at lower utilization thresholds at the information system security officer's (ISSO's) discretion.

Check Content

Verify RHEL 9 takes action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity with the following command: $ sudo grep -w space_left /etc/audit/auditd.conf space_left = 25% If the value of the "space_left" keyword is not set to 25 percent or greater of the storage volume allocated to audit logs, or if the line is commented out, ask the system administrator (SA) to indicate how the system is providing real-time alerts to the SA and ISSO. If the "space_left" value is not configured to the value 25 percent or more, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 9 to initiate an action to notify the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches (at most) 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity by adding/modifying the following line in the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file. space_left = 25%

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-258156r1106364_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-258156

Group Title: SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134

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