Check: SLES-15-030050
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 STIG:
SLES-15-030050
(in versions v2 r3 through v1 r1)
Title
SUSE operating system audit records must contain information to establish what type of events occurred, the source of events, where events occurred, and the outcome of 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. 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-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000038-GPOS-00016, SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017, SRG-OS-000040-GPOS-00018, SRG-OS-000041-GPOS-00019, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00021, SRG-OS-000051-GPOS-00024, SRG-OS-000054-GPOS-00025, SRG-OS-000122-GPOS-00063, SRG-OS-000254-GPOS-00095, SRG-OS-000255-GPOS-00096, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172
Check Content
Verify the SUSE operating system produces audit records. Check that the SUSE operating system produces audit records by running the following command to determine the current status of the auditd service: > systemctl is-active auditd.service active > systemctl is-enabled auditd.service enabled If the service is not active or not enabled, this is a finding.
Fix Text
Enable the SUSE operating system auditd service by performing the following commands: > sudo systemctl enable auditd.service > sudo systemctl start auditd.service
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-234904r958412_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-234904
Group Title: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015
Expert Comments
CCIs
| Number | Definition |
|---|---|
| CCI-000130 |
Ensure that audit records contain information that establishes what type of event occurred. |
| CCI-000131 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes when the event occurred. |
| CCI-000132 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes where the event occurred. |
| CCI-000133 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes the source of the event. |
| CCI-000134 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes the outcome of the event. |
| CCI-000135 |
Generate audit records containing the organization-defined additional information that is to be included in the audit records. |
| CCI-000154 |
Provide the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system. |
| CCI-000158 |
Provide the capability to process, sort, and search audit records for events of interest based on organization-defined audit fields within audit records. |
| CCI-001464 |
Initiates session audits automatically at system start-up. |
| CCI-001487 |
Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes the identity of any individuals, subjects, or objects/entities associated with the event. |
| CCI-001876 |
Provide an audit reduction capability that supports on-demand reporting requirements. |
| CCI-002884 |
Log organization-defined audit events for nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions. |
Controls
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| AU-3 |
Content of Audit Records |
| AU-3(1) |
Additional Audit Information |
| AU-6(4) |
Central Review and Analysis |
| AU-7 |
Audit Reduction and Report Generation |
| AU-7(1) |
Automatic Processing |
| AU-14(1) |
System Start-up |
| MA-4(1) |
Auditing and Review |