Title

Audispd must take appropriate action when SLEM 5 audit storage is full. (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.

Check Content

Verify the audit system offloads audit records if SLEM 5 storage volume becomes full. Check that the records are properly offloaded to a remote server with the following command: > sudo grep -i "disk_full_action" /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf disk_full_action = syslog If "disk_full_action" is not set to "syslog", "single", or "halt" or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure SLEM 5 to take the appropriate action if the audit storage is full. Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf" file: disk_full_action = syslog

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-261417r996662_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-261417

Group Title: SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

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