Title

The audit system must be configured to audit all administrative, privileged, and security actions. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

Check Content

Check the auditing configuration of the system. # grep flags /etc/security/audit_control If the ad flag is not present, and either the -ad or +ad flags is not present, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit /etc/security/audit_control and add "ad" to the flags list. Load the new audit configuration. # auditconfig -conf

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-27297r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-816

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