The audit system must be configured to audit failed attempts to access files and programs.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-814	GEN002720	SV-38645r1_rule	ECAR-1 ECAR-2 ECAR-3	Medium

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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-07-02

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-33035r2_fix)
Edit the audit.rules file and add the following line(s) to enable auditing of failed attempts to access files and programs: either: -a exit,always -F arch= -S creat -F success=0 or both: -a exit,always -F arch= -S creat -F exit=-EPERM -a exit,always -F arch= -S creat -F exit=-EACCES Restart the auditd service. # service auditd restart