Title

RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /var/log/faillock. (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. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000473-GPOS-00218

Check Content

Verify RHEL 9 generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/var/log/faillock" with the following command: $ sudo auditctl -l | grep /var/log/faillock -w /var/log/faillock -p wa -k logins If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 9 to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/var/log/faillock". Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules": -w /var/log/faillock -p wa -k logins The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect. $ sudo service auditd restart

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-258224r1014988_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-258224

Group Title: SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172

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