Title

The audit system must be configured to audit account disabling. (Cat III 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

Determine if execution of the passwd executable is audited. # auditctl -l | grep /usr/bin/passwd If passwd is not listed with a permissions filter of at least 'x', this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure execute auditing of the passwd executable. Add the following to the audit.rules file: -w /usr/sbin/passwd -p x -k passwd Restart the auditd service. # rcauditd restart OR # service auditd restart

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-45319r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-22378

Group Title: GEN002752

Expert Comments

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