OpenShift must automatically audit account modification.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257510	CNTR-OS-000060	SV-257510r960780_rule		Medium

Description
Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to modify an existing account. Auditing of account modifications is one method for mitigating this risk. A comprehensive account management process will ensure an audit trail documents the creation of application user accounts and, as required, notifies administrators and/or application owners exists. Such a process greatly reduces the risk that accounts will be surreptitiously modified and provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many application developers choose to integrate their applications with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements. Such integration allows the application developer to offload those access control functions and focus on core application features and functionality.

Description

Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to modify an existing account. Auditing of account modifications is one method for mitigating this risk. A comprehensive account management process will ensure an audit trail documents the creation of application user accounts and, as required, notifies administrators and/or application owners exists. Such a process greatly reduces the risk that accounts will be surreptitiously modified and provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many application developers choose to integrate their applications with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements. Such integration allows the application developer to offload those access control functions and focus on core application features and functionality.

STIG	Date
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-61245r921471_chk )
Verify for each of the files that contain account information the system is configured to emit an audit event in case of a write by executing the following: for node in $(oc get node -oname); do oc debug $node -- chroot /host /bin/bash -c 'echo -n "$HOSTNAME "; for f in /etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/gshadow /etc/security/opasswd /etc/shadow /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/; do grep -q "\-w $f \-p wa \-k" /etc/audit/audit.rules \|\| echo "rule for $f not found"; done' 2>/dev/null; done If for any of the files a line saying "rule for $filename not found" is printed, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-61245r921471_chk )

Verify for each of the files that contain account information the system is configured to emit an audit event in case of a write by executing the following:

for node in $(oc get node -oname); do oc debug $node -- chroot /host /bin/bash -c 'echo -n "$HOSTNAME "; for f in /etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/gshadow /etc/security/opasswd /etc/shadow /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/; do grep -q "\-w $f \-p wa \-k" /etc/audit/audit.rules || echo "rule for $f not found"; done' 2>/dev/null; done

If for any of the files a line saying "rule for $filename not found" is printed, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61169r921472_fix)
Apply the machine config using the following command: for mcpool in $(oc get mcp -oname \| sed "s:.*/::" ); do echo "apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: name: 75-account-modifications-rules-$mcpool labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: $mcpool spec: config: ignition: version: 3.1.0 storage: files: - contents: source: data:,-w%20/etc/sudoers.d/%20-p%20wa%20-k%20actions%0A-w%20/etc/sudoers%20-p%20wa%20-k%20actions%0A mode: 0644 path: /etc/audit/rules.d/75-audit-sysadmin-actions.rules overwrite: true - contents: source: data:,-w%20/etc/group%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A mode: 0644 path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_group_usergroup_modification.rules overwrite: true - contents: source: data:,-w%20/etc/gshadow%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A mode: 0644 path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_gshadow_usergroup_modification.rules overwrite: true - contents: source: data:,-w%20/etc/security/opasswd%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A mode: 0644 path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_security_opasswd_usergroup_modification.rules overwrite: true - contents: source: data:,-w%20/etc/passwd%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A mode: 0644 path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_passwd_usergroup_modification.rules overwrite: true - contents: source: data:,-w%20/etc/shadow%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A mode: 0644 path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_shadow_usergroup_modification.rules overwrite: true " \| oc apply -f - done

Fix Text (F-61169r921472_fix)

Apply the machine config using the following command:

for mcpool in $(oc get mcp -oname | sed "s:.*/::" ); do
echo "apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
metadata:
name: 75-account-modifications-rules-$mcpool
labels:
machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: $mcpool
spec:
config:
ignition:
version: 3.1.0
storage:
files:
- contents:
source: data:,-w%20/etc/sudoers.d/%20-p%20wa%20-k%20actions%0A-w%20/etc/sudoers%20-p%20wa%20-k%20actions%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/audit/rules.d/75-audit-sysadmin-actions.rules
overwrite: true
- contents:
source: data:,-w%20/etc/group%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_group_usergroup_modification.rules
overwrite: true
- contents:
source: data:,-w%20/etc/gshadow%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_gshadow_usergroup_modification.rules
overwrite: true
- contents:
source: data:,-w%20/etc/security/opasswd%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_security_opasswd_usergroup_modification.rules
overwrite: true
- contents:
source: data:,-w%20/etc/passwd%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_passwd_usergroup_modification.rules
overwrite: true
- contents:
source: data:,-w%20/etc/shadow%20-p%20wa%20-k%20audit_rules_usergroup_modification%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/audit/rules.d/30-etc_shadow_usergroup_modification.rules
overwrite: true
" | oc apply -f -
done