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Check: GEN004460

VMware ESX 3 Server: GEN004460 (in version v1 r2)

Title

The system syslog service must log informational and more severe SMTP service messages. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If informational and more severe SMTP service messages are not logged, malicious activity on the system may go unnoticed.

Check Content

Check the syslog configuration file for mail.crit logging configuration. Procedure: # more /etc/syslog.conf Verify a line similar to one of the following lines is present in syslog.conf is configured so that critical mail log data is logged. (Critical log data may also be captured by a remote log host in accordance with GEN005460.) mail.crit /var/adm/messages *.crit /var/log/messages If syslog is not configured to log critical Sendmail messages, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the syslog.conf file and add a configuration line specifying an appropriate destination for mail.crit syslogs.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-836r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-836

Group Title: GEN004460

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000126	The organization determines that the organization-defined subset of the auditable events defined in AU-2 are to be audited within the information system.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
AU-2	Audit Events