Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-258168 | RHEL-09-653095 | SV-258168r958428_rule | Medium |
Description |
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If option "freq" is not set to a value that requires audit records being written to disk after a threshold number is reached, then audit records may be lost. |
STIG | Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-06-04 |
Check Text ( C-61909r943022_chk ) |
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Verify that audit system is configured to flush to disk after every 100 records with the following command: $ sudo grep freq /etc/audit/auditd.conf freq = 100 If "freq" isn't set to a value between "1" and "100", the value is missing, or the line is commented out, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-61833r943023_fix) |
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Configure RHEL 9 to flush audit to disk by adding or updating the following rule in "/etc/audit/auditd.conf": freq = 100 The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect. |