AIX must produce audit records containing information to establish the source and the identity of any individual or process associated with an event.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215238	AIX7-00-002004	SV-215238r508663_rule		Medium

Description
Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. Without information that establishes the identity of the subjects (i.e., users or processes acting on behalf of users) associated with the events, security personnel cannot determine responsibility for the potentially harmful event. In addition to logging where events occur within AIX, AIX must also generate audit records that identify sources of events. Sources of operating system events include, but are not limited to, processes and services. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know the source of the event. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000040-GPOS-00018, SRG-OS-000255-GPOS-00096

Description

Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. Without information that establishes the identity of the subjects (i.e., users or processes acting on behalf of users) associated with the events, security personnel cannot determine responsibility for the potentially harmful event. In addition to logging where events occur within AIX, AIX must also generate audit records that identify sources of events. Sources of operating system events include, but are not limited to, processes and services. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know the source of the event. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000040-GPOS-00018, SRG-OS-000255-GPOS-00096

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-03-10

Details

Check Text ( C-16436r294165_chk )
Verify the audit event "process id" is displayed: The log file can be set by the "trail" variable in /etc/security/audit/config. # grep trail /etc/security/audit/config trail = /audit/trail Note: The default log file is /audit/trail. Use the following command to display the audit events: # /usr/sbin/auditpr -i -helRtcp event login status time command process --------------- -------- ----------- ------------------------ ------------------ ------------- -------- PROC_Delete root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 audit 9437656 FILE_Close root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 auditbin 12255562 FILE_Open root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 auditbin 12255562 FILE_Read root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 auditbin 12255562 FILE_Close root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 auditbin 12255562 PROC_Create root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh 12976466 FILE_Close root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh 9437658 FILE_Open root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh 9437658 FILE_Read root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh 9437658 FILE_Close root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh 9437658 PROC_Execute root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ls 9437658 FILE_Open root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ls 9437658 If user id or process id is not displayed, this is a finding. More information on the command options used above: -e the audit event. -l the login name of the user. -R the audit status. -t the time the record was written. -c the command name. -p the process ID.

Check Text ( C-16436r294165_chk )

Verify the audit event "process id" is displayed:

The log file can be set by the "trail" variable in /etc/security/audit/config.

# grep trail /etc/security/audit/config
trail = /audit/trail

Note: The default log file is /audit/trail.

Use the following command to display the audit events:

# /usr/sbin/auditpr -i -helRtcp

event login status time command
process
--------------- -------- ----------- ------------------------ ------------------
------------- --------
PROC_Delete root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 audit
9437656
FILE_Close root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 auditbin
12255562
FILE_Open root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 auditbin
12255562
FILE_Read root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 auditbin
12255562
FILE_Close root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:37 2018 auditbin
12255562
PROC_Create root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh
12976466
FILE_Close root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh
9437658
FILE_Open root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh
9437658
FILE_Read root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh
9437658
FILE_Close root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ksh
9437658
PROC_Execute root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ls
9437658
FILE_Open root OK Wed Oct 31 23:01:44 2018 ls
9437658

If user id or process id is not displayed, this is a finding.

More information on the command options used above:
-e the audit event.
-l the login name of the user.
-R the audit status.
-t the time the record was written.
-c the command name.
-p the process ID.

Fix Text (F-16434r294166_fix)
Reset the audit system with the following command: # /usr/sbin/audit shutdown Start the audit system with the following command: # /usr/sbin/audit start