The audit system must be configured to audit account termination.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22382	GEN002753	SV-64273r1_rule		Low

Description
If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

STIG	Date
Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-02-25

Details

Check Text ( C-52715r1_chk )
Determine if execution of the userdel and groupdel executable are audited. # auditctl -l | egrep '(userdel|groupdel)' If either userdel or groupdel are not listed with a permissions filter of at least 'x', this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-54871r1_fix)
Configure execute auditing of the userdel and groupdel executables. Add the following to the audit.rules file: -w /usr/sbin/userdel -p x -w /usr/sbin/groupdel -p x Restart the auditd service.