The Ubuntu operating system must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-75591	UBTU-16-010930	SV-90271r1_rule		Low

Description
The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing.

STIG	Date
Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-05-29

Details

Check Text ( C-75295r1_chk )
Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for the system audit data path. Check that a file system/partition has been created for the system audit data path with the following command: Note: /var/log/audit is used as the example as it is a common location. #grep /var/log/audit /etc/fstab UUID=3645951a /var/log/audit ext4 defaults 1 2 If a separate entry for "/var/log/audit" does not exist, ask the System Administrator if the system audit logs are being written to a different file system/partition on the system, then grep for that file system/partition. If a separate file system/partition does not exist for the system audit data path, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-75295r1_chk )

Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for the system audit data path.

Check that a file system/partition has been created for the system audit data path with the following command:

Note: /var/log/audit is used as the example as it is a common location.

#grep /var/log/audit /etc/fstab
UUID=3645951a /var/log/audit ext4 defaults 1 2

If a separate entry for "/var/log/audit" does not exist, ask the System Administrator if the system audit logs are being written to a different file system/partition on the system, then grep for that file system/partition.

If a separate file system/partition does not exist for the system audit data path, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-82219r1_fix)
Migrate the system audit data path onto a separate file system.