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The system must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-23738 GEN003623 SV-64219r1_rule Low
Description
The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing.
STIG Date
Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-02-25

Details

Check Text ( C-52675r1_chk )
Determine if the /var/log/audit path is a separate filesystem.
# grep /var/log/audit /etc/fstab
If no result is returned, /var/log/audit is not on a separate filesystem this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-54829r1_fix)
Migrate the /var/log/audit path onto a separate filesystem.