Check: SLES-15-030650
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 STIG:
SLES-15-030650
(in versions v1 r13 through v1 r1)
Title
The SUSE operating system must have the auditing package installed. (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. Audit record content that may be necessary to satisfy this requirement includes, for example, time stamps, source and destination addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, success/fail indications, filenames involved, and access control or flow control rules invoked. Associating event types with detected events in the SUSE operating system audit logs provides a means of investigating an attack, recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or identifying an improperly configured SUSE operating system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000337-GPOS-00129, SRG-OS-000348-GPOS-00136, SRG-OS-000349-GPOS-00137, SRG-OS-000350-GPOS-00138, SRG-OS-000351-GPOS-00139, SRG-OS-000352-GPOS-00140, SRG-OS-000353-GPOS-00141, SRG-OS-000354-GPOS-00142, SRG-OS-000358-GPOS-00145, SRG-OS-000359-GPOS-00146, SRG-OS-000365-GPOS-00152, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219, SRG-OS-000475-GPOS-00220
Check Content
Verify the SUSE operating system auditing package is installed. Check that the "audit" package is installed by performing the following command: > zypper info audit | grep Installed i | audit | User Space Tools for 2.6 Kernel Auditing If the package "audit" is not installed on the system, then this is a finding.
Fix Text
The SUSE operating system auditd package must be installed on the system. If it is not installed, use the following command to install it: > sudo zypper in audit
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-234964r877036_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-234964
Group Title: SRG-OS-000337-GPOS-00129
Expert Comments
CCIs
| Number | Definition |
|---|---|
| CCI-000172 |
The information system generates audit records for the events defined in AU-2 d. with the content defined in AU-3. |
| CCI-001814 |
The Information system supports auditing of the enforcement actions. |
| CCI-001875 |
The information system provides an audit reduction capability that supports on-demand audit review and analysis. |
| CCI-001877 |
The information system provides an audit reduction capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents. |
| CCI-001878 |
The information system provides a report generation capability that supports on-demand audit review and analysis. |
| CCI-001879 |
The information system provides a report generation capability that supports on-demand reporting requirements. |
| CCI-001880 |
The information system provides a report generation capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents. |
| CCI-001881 |
The information system provides an audit reduction capability that does not alter original content or time ordering of audit records. |
| CCI-001882 |
The information system provides a report generation capability that does not alter original content or time ordering of audit records. |
| CCI-001889 |
The information system records time stamps for audit records that meet organization-defined granularity of time measurement. |
| CCI-001914 |
The information system provides the capability for organization-defined individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed on organization-defined information system components based on organization-defined selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds. |