The operating system must support the capability to compile audit records from multiple components within the system into a system-wide (logical or physical) audit trail that is time-correlated to within organization-defined level of tolerance.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
RHEL-06-000388-PNF	RHEL-06-000388-PNF	RHEL-06-000388-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Audit generation and audit records can be generated from various components within the information system. The list of audited events is the set of events for which audits are to be generated. This set of events is typically a subset of the list of all events for which the system is capable of generating audit records (i.e., auditable events). The events that occur must be time-correlated on order to conduct accurate forensic analysis. In addition, the correlation must meet a certain tolerance criteria. The operating system must be able to have audit events correlated to the level of tolerance determined by the organization.

Description

Audit generation and audit records can be generated from various components within the information system. The list of audited events is the set of events for which audits are to be generated. This set of events is typically a subset of the list of all events for which the system is capable of generating audit records (i.e., auditable events). The events that occur must be time-correlated on order to conduct accurate forensic analysis. In addition, the correlation must meet a certain tolerance criteria. The operating system must be able to have audit events correlated to the level of tolerance determined by the organization.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000388-PNF_chk )
The RHEL6 auditing system supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. Every audit record in RHEL includes a timestamp, the operation attempted, success or failure of the operation, the subject involved (executable/process), the object involved (file/path), and security labels for the subject and object. It also includes the ability to label events with custom key labels. The auditing system centralizes the recording of audit events for the entire system and includes reduction (ausearch), reporting (aureport), and real-time response (audispd) facilities. This is a permanent not a finding.

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000388-PNF_chk )

The RHEL6 auditing system supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. Every audit record in RHEL includes a timestamp, the operation attempted, success or failure of the operation, the subject involved (executable/process), the object involved (file/path), and security labels for the subject and object. It also includes the ability to label events with custom key labels. The auditing system centralizes the recording of audit events for the entire system and includes reduction (ausearch), reporting (aureport), and real-time response (audispd) facilities. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000388-PNF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent not a finding. No fix is required.