The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must configure the au-remote plugin to off-load audit logs using the audisp-remote daemon.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-81017	RHEL-07-030201	SV-95729r1_rule		Medium

Description
Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. Without the configuration of the "au-remote" plugin, the audisp-remote daemon will not off load the logs from the system being audited. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-11-28

Details

Check Text ( C-80731r2_chk )

Verify the "au-remote" plugin is configured to always off-load audit logs using the audisp-remote daemon: # cat /etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-remote.conf | grep -v "^#" active = yes direction = out path = /sbin/audisp-remote type = always format = string If the "direction" setting is not set to "out", or the line is commented out, this is a finding. If the "path" setting is not set to "/sbin/audisp-remote", or the line is commented out, this is a finding. If the "type" setting is not set to "always", or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-87851r2_fix)
Edit the /etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-remote.conf file and add or update the following values: direction = out path = /sbin/audisp-remote type = always The audit daemon must be restarted for changes to take effect: # service auditd restart