JBoss servers must be configured to roll over and transfer logs on a minimum weekly basis.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-62345	JBOS-AS-000735	SV-76835r1_rule		Medium

Description
Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Protecting log data is important during a forensic investigation to ensure investigators can track and understand what may have occurred. Off-loading should be set up as a scheduled task but can be configured to be run manually, if other processes during the off-loading are manual. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited log storage capacity.

Description

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Protecting log data is important during a forensic investigation to ensure investigators can track and understand what may have occurred. Off-loading should be set up as a scheduled task but can be configured to be run manually, if other processes during the off-loading are manual. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited log storage capacity.

STIG	Date
JBoss EAP 6.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-03-20

Details

Check Text ( C-63149r1_chk )
If the JBoss server is configured to use a Syslog Handler, this is not a finding. Log on to the OS of the JBoss server with OS permissions that allow access to JBoss. Using the relevant OS commands and syntax, cd to the /bin/ folder. Run the jboss-cli script. Connect to the server and authenticate. Determine if there is a periodic rotating file handler. For a domain configuration run the following command; where is a variable for all of the servers in the domain. Usually "server-one", "server-two", etc.: "ls /host=master/server=/subsystem=logging/periodic-rotating-file-handler=" For a standalone configuration run the command: "ls /subsystem=logging/periodic-rotating-file-handler=" If the command does not return "FILE", this is a finding. Review the /standalone/log folder for the existence of rotated logs, and ask the admin to demonstrate how rotated logs are packaged and transferred to another system on at least a weekly basis.

Check Text ( C-63149r1_chk )

If the JBoss server is configured to use a Syslog Handler, this is not a finding.

Log on to the OS of the JBoss server with OS permissions that allow access to JBoss.
Using the relevant OS commands and syntax, cd to the /bin/ folder.
Run the jboss-cli script.
Connect to the server and authenticate.

Determine if there is a periodic rotating file handler.

For a domain configuration run the following command; where is a variable for all of the servers in the domain. Usually "server-one", "server-two", etc.:

"ls /host=master/server=/subsystem=logging/periodic-rotating-file-handler="

For a standalone configuration run the command:
"ls /subsystem=logging/periodic-rotating-file-handler="

If the command does not return "FILE", this is a finding.

Review the /standalone/log folder for the existence of rotated logs, and ask the admin to demonstrate how rotated logs are packaged and transferred to another system on at least a weekly basis.

Fix Text (F-68265r1_fix)
Open the web-based management interface by opening a browser and pointing it to HTTPS://:9990/ Authenticate as a user with Admin rights. Navigate to the "Configuration" tab. Expand + Subsystems. Expand + Core. Select "Logging". Select the "Handler" tab. Select "Periodic". If a periodic file handler does not exist, reference JBoss admin guide for instructions on how to create a file handler that will rotate logs on a daily basis. Create scripts that package and off-load log data at least weekly.

Fix Text (F-68265r1_fix)

Open the web-based management interface by opening a browser and pointing it to HTTPS://:9990/

Authenticate as a user with Admin rights.
Navigate to the "Configuration" tab.
Expand + Subsystems.
Expand + Core.
Select "Logging".
Select the "Handler" tab.
Select "Periodic".

If a periodic file handler does not exist, reference JBoss admin guide for instructions on how to create a file handler that will rotate logs on a daily basis.
Create scripts that package and off-load log data at least weekly.