Check: RHEL-09-653075
RHEL 9 STIG:
RHEL-09-653075
(in versions v1 r3 through v1 r1)
Title
RHEL 9 audit system must audit local events. (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. If option "local_events" isn't set to "yes" only events from network will be aggregated. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Check Content
Verify that the RHEL 9 audit system is configured to audit local events with the following command: $ sudo grep local_events /etc/audit/auditd.conf local_events = yes If "local_events" isn't set to "yes", 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 local events by adding or updating the following line in "/etc/audit/auditd.conf": local_events = yes The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-258164r926479_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-258164
Group Title: SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031
Expert Comments
CCIs
| Number | Definition |
|---|---|
| CCI-000169 |
The information system provides audit record generation capability for the auditable events defined in AU-2 a. at organization-defined information system components. |
| CCI-000366 |
The organization implements the security configuration settings. |