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The HP FlexFabric Switch must off-load audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-66281 HFFS-ND-000127 SV-80771r1_rule Medium
Description
Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.
STIG Date
HP FlexFabric Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-06-03

Details

Check Text ( C-66927r1_chk )
Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch is configured to use an external syslog server:

[HP] display info-center

Information Center: Enabled
Console: Enabled
Monitor: Enabled
Log host: Enabled
Source address interface: M-GigabitEthernet0/0/0
192.168.100.12,
port number: 514, host facility: local7
Log buffer: Enabled
Max buffer size 1024, current buffer size 512
Current messages 356, dropped messages 0, overwritten messages 0
Log file: Enabled
Security log file: Enabled
Information timestamp format:
Log host: Date
Other output destination: Date

If the HP FlexFabric Switch is not configure to use an external syslog server, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-72357r1_fix)
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to forward its log to an external syslog server:

[HP] info-center loghost 192.168.100.12