The audit system must alert designated staff members when audit storage volume is generating disk errors.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
RHEL-06-000513-PF	RHEL-06-000513-PF	RHEL-06-000513-PF_rule		Medium

Description
Administrators should be made aware of an inability to record audit records. If a separate partition or logical audit storage volume is generating disk errors, the SA and other designated staff must be notified. Sending an email when the volume is generating disk errors is not supported by the RHEL6 auditd service.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000513-PF_chk )
RHEL6 does not support this requirement. This is a permanent finding.

Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000513-PF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent finding and cannot be fixed. An appropriate mitigation for the system must be implemented but this finding cannot be considered fixed.