Title

The audit-audispd-plugins package must be installed on SLEM 5. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. The auditd service does not include the ability to send audit records to a centralized server for management directly. However, it can use a plug-in for audit event multiplexor to pass audit records to a remote server.

Check Content

Verify that the "audit-audispd-plugins" package is installed on SLEM 5 with the following command: > zypper info audit-audispd-plugins | grep Installed Installed : Yes If the "audit-audispd-plugins" package is not installed, this is a finding. Verify the "au-remote" plugin is enabled with the following command: > sudo grep -i active /etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-remote.conf active = yes If "active" is not set to "yes", is commented out, or is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Install the "audit-audispd-plugins" package on SLEM 5 by running the following command: > sudo transactional-update pkg install audit-audispd-plugins Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-remote.conf" file: active = yes Reboot the system: > sudo reboot

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-261412r996649_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-261412

Group Title: SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133

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