MongoDB must utilize centralized management of the content captured in audit records generated by all components of MongoDB.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-221188	MD3X-00-000600	SV-221188r411060_rule		Medium

Description
Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to a delayed or incomplete analysis of an ongoing attack. The content captured in audit records must be managed from a central location (necessitating automation). Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. MongoDB may write audit records to database tables, to files in the file system, to other kinds of local repository, or directly to a centralized log management system. Whatever the method used, it must be compatible with off-loading the records to the centralized system.

Description

Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to a delayed or incomplete analysis of an ongoing attack. The content captured in audit records must be managed from a central location (necessitating automation). Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. MongoDB may write audit records to database tables, to files in the file system, to other kinds of local repository, or directly to a centralized log management system. Whatever the method used, it must be compatible with off-loading the records to the centralized system.

STIG	Date
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced 3.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-03-17

Details

Check Text ( C-22903r411058_chk )
MongoDB can be configured to write audit events to the syslog in Linux, but this is not available in Windows. Audit events can also be written to a file in either JSON on BSON format. Through the use of third-party tools or via syslog directly, audit records can be pushed to a centralized log management system. If a centralized tool for log management is not installed and configured to collect audit logs or syslogs, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-22903r411058_chk )

MongoDB can be configured to write audit events to the syslog in Linux, but this is not available in Windows. Audit events can also be written to a file in either JSON on BSON format. Through the use of third-party tools or via syslog directly, audit records can be pushed to a centralized log management system.

If a centralized tool for log management is not installed and configured to collect audit logs or syslogs, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22892r411059_fix)
Install a centralized syslog collecting tool and configured it as instructed in its documentation. To enable auditing and print audit events to the syslog in JSON format, specify the syslog for the --auditDestination setting: mongod --dbpath data/db --auditDestination syslog Alternatively, these options can also be specified in the configuration file: storage: dbPath: data/db auditLog: destination: syslog

Fix Text (F-22892r411059_fix)

Install a centralized syslog collecting tool and configured it as instructed in its documentation.

To enable auditing and print audit events to the syslog in JSON format, specify the syslog for the --auditDestination setting:
mongod --dbpath data/db --auditDestination syslog

Alternatively, these options can also be specified in the configuration file:
storage:
dbPath: data/db
auditLog:
destination: syslog