Successful/unsuccessful uses of the sudo command must generate an audit record.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-75755	UBTU-16-020650	SV-90435r3_rule		Medium

Description
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215

Description

Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215

STIG	Date
Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-07-18

Details

Check Text ( C-75441r2_chk )
Verify that an audit event is generated for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "sudo" command. Check for the following system call being audited by performing the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules": # sudo grep -w sudo /etc/audit/audit.rules -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/sudo -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k priv_cmd If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-75441r2_chk )

Verify that an audit event is generated for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "sudo" command.

Check for the following system call being audited by performing the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules":

# sudo grep -w sudo /etc/audit/audit.rules

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/sudo -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k priv_cmd

If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-82383r2_fix)
Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "sudo" command. Add or update the following rules in the "/etc/audit/audit.rules" file: -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/sudo -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k priv_cmd The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect. To restart the audit daemon, run the following command: # sudo systemctl restart auditd.service

Fix Text (F-82383r2_fix)

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "sudo" command.

Add or update the following rules in the "/etc/audit/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/sudo -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k priv_cmd

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect. To restart the audit daemon, run the following command:

# sudo systemctl restart auditd.service