A file integrity tool must be installed to verify correct operation of all security functions in the Ubuntu operating system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214982	UBTU-16-010500	SV-214982r610931_rule		Medium

Description
Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed. Security function is defined as the hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based. Security functionality includes, but is not limited to, establishing system accounts, configuring access authorizations (i.e., permissions, privileges), setting events to be audited, and setting intrusion detection parameters. This requirement applies to Ubuntu operating systems performing security function verification/testing and/or systems and environments that require this functionality.

Description

Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed. Security function is defined as the hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based. Security functionality includes, but is not limited to, establishing system accounts, configuring access authorizations (i.e., permissions, privileges), setting events to be audited, and setting intrusion detection parameters. This requirement applies to Ubuntu operating systems performing security function verification/testing and/or systems and environments that require this functionality.

STIG	Date
Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-12-09

Details

Check Text ( C-16181r284814_chk )
Verify that Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) is installed and verifies the correct operation of all security functions. Check that the AIDE package is installed with the following command: # sudo apt list aide aide/xenial,now 0.16~a2.git20130520-3 amd64 [installed] If AIDE is not installed, ask the System Administrator how file integrity checks are performed on the system. If there is no application installed to perform integrity checks, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-16181r284814_chk )

Verify that Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) is installed and verifies the correct operation of all security functions.

Check that the AIDE package is installed with the following command:

# sudo apt list aide

aide/xenial,now 0.16~a2.git20130520-3 amd64 [installed]

If AIDE is not installed, ask the System Administrator how file integrity checks are performed on the system.

If there is no application installed to perform integrity checks, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16179r284815_fix)
Install the AIDE package by running the following command: # sudo apt-get install aide