Changes are coming to https://stigviewer.com.
Take our survey to help us understand your usage and how we can better serve you in the future.
Take Survey
The Ubuntu operating system must initiate session audits at system startup.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-219149 | UBTU-18-010002 | SV-219149r508662_rule | Medium |
| Description |
|---|
| If auditing is enabled late in the startup process, the actions of some startup processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created. |
| STIG | Date |
|---|---|
| Canonical Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2020-09-10 |
Details
| Check Text ( C-20874r304775_chk ) |
|---|
| Verify the Ubuntu operating system enables auditing at system startup. Check that the auditing is enabled in grub with the following command: grep "^\s*linux" /boot/grub/grub.cfg linux /vmlinuz-4.15.0-55-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash $vt_handoff audit=1 linux /vmlinuz-4.15.0-55-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro recovery nomodeset audit=1 If any linux lines do not contain "audit=1", this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-20873r304776_fix) |
|---|
| Configure the Ubuntu operating system to produce audit records at system startup. Edit /etc/default/grub file and add "audit=1" to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX option. To update the grub config file run, sudo update-grub |