The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must audit all uses of the pam_timestamp

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must audit all uses of the pam_timestamp_check command.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-72185	RHEL-07-030810	SV-86809r4_rule		Medium

Description
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-01-02

Details

Check Text ( C-72419r5_chk )
Verify the operating system generates audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "pam_timestamp_check" command occur. Check the auditing rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following command: # grep -iw "/usr/sbin/pam_timestamp_check" /etc/audit/audit.rules -a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/pam_timestamp_check -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-pam If the command does not return any output, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-72419r5_chk )

Verify the operating system generates audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "pam_timestamp_check" command occur.

Check the auditing rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following command:

# grep -iw "/usr/sbin/pam_timestamp_check" /etc/audit/audit.rules

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/pam_timestamp_check -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-pam

If the command does not return any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-78539r4_fix)
Configure the operating system to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "pam_timestamp_check" command occur. Add or update the following rule in "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules": -a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/pam_timestamp_check -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-pam The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.