RHEL 8 must take action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-230483	RHEL-08-030730	SV-230483r877389_rule		Medium

Description
If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization, they are unable to plan for audit record storage capacity expansion.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-03-08

Details

Check Text ( C-33152r744012_chk )
Verify RHEL 8 takes action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity with the following commands: $ sudo grep -w space_left /etc/audit/auditd.conf space_left = 25% If the value of the "space_left" keyword is not set to "25%" or if the line is commented out, ask the System Administrator to indicate how the system is providing real-time alerts to the SA and ISSO. If there is no evidence that real-time alerts are configured on the system, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-33152r744012_chk )

Verify RHEL 8 takes action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity with the following commands:

$ sudo grep -w space_left /etc/audit/auditd.conf

space_left = 25%

If the value of the "space_left" keyword is not set to "25%" or if the line is commented out, ask the System Administrator to indicate how the system is providing real-time alerts to the SA and ISSO.

If there is no evidence that real-time alerts are configured on the system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-33127r744013_fix)
Configure the operating system to initiate an action to notify the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity by adding/modifying the following line in the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file. space_left = 25% Note: Option names and values in the auditd.conf file are case insensitive.