The Ubuntu operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the fdisk command.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-219300	UBTU-18-010392	SV-219300r902859_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).

STIG	Date
Canonical Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-11-21

Details

Check Text ( C-21025r305228_chk )
Verify if the Ubuntu operating system is configured to audit the execution of the partition management program "fdisk". Check the currently configured audit rules with the following command: # sudo auditctl -l \| grep fdisk -w /sbin/fdisk -p x -k fdisk If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding. Note: The '-k' allows for specifying an arbitrary identifier and the string after it does not need to match the example output above.

Check Text ( C-21025r305228_chk )

Verify if the Ubuntu operating system is configured to audit the execution of the partition management program "fdisk".

Check the currently configured audit rules with the following command:

# sudo auditctl -l | grep fdisk

-w /sbin/fdisk -p x -k fdisk

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

Note: The '-k' allows for specifying an arbitrary identifier and the string after it does not need to match the example output above.

Fix Text (F-21024r902858_fix)
Configure the Ubuntu operating system to audit the execution of the partition management program "fdisk". Add or update the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/stig.rules" file. -w /sbin/fdisk -p x -k fdisk Note: The root account must be used to view and/or edit any files in the /etc/audit/rules.d/ directory. In order to reload the rules file, issue the following command: # sudo augenrules --load

Fix Text (F-21024r902858_fix)

Configure the Ubuntu operating system to audit the execution of the partition management program "fdisk".

Add or update the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/stig.rules" file.

-w /sbin/fdisk -p x -k fdisk

Note: The root account must be used to view and/or edit any files in the /etc/audit/rules.d/ directory.

In order to reload the rules file, issue the following command:

# sudo augenrules --load