The audit system must be configured to audit account disabling.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22378	GEN002752	SV-26521r1_rule	ECAT-1	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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-03-01

Details

Check Text ( C-27574r1_chk )
Determine if execution of the passwd executable is audited. # auditctl -l | grep /usr/bin/passwd If passwd is not listed with a permissions filter of at least 'x', this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-23763r1_fix)
Configure execute auditing of the passwd executable. Add the following to the audit.rules file: -w /usr/bin/passwd -p x -k passwd Restart the auditd service.