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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215075	UBTU-16-020530	SV-215075r508033_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	2020-09-03

Details

Check Text ( C-16274r285093_chk )
Verify the Ubuntu operating system generates an audit record when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "fchown" command occur. Check that the following calls are being audited by performing the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules": # sudo grep -w fchown /etc/audit/audit.rules -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-16274r285093_chk )

Verify the Ubuntu operating system generates an audit record when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "fchown" command occur.

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

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

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod

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

Fix Text (F-16272r285094_fix)
Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "fchown" command by adding the following line to "/etc/audit/audit.rules": -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod 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-16272r285094_fix)

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "fchown" command by adding the following line to "/etc/audit/audit.rules":

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod

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