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The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for all uses of the chage command.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-77413 SLES-12-020690 SV-92109r2_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. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215
STIG Date
SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2018-09-27

Details

Check Text ( C-76969r2_chk )
Verify an audit record is generated for all uses of the "chage" command. Perform the verification by running the following command:

Check that the following command call is being audited by performing the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules":

# sudo grep -i 'chage' /etc/audit/audit.rules

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 path=/usr/bin/chage -F perm=x -F auid>=500 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-chage
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 path=/usr/bin/chage -F perm=x -F auid>=500 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-chage

If command does not return any output, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-84053r2_fix)
Configure the SUSE operating system to generate an audit record for all uses of the "chage" command.

Add or update the following rules in the "/etc/audit/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 path=/usr/bin/chage -F perm=x -F auid>=500 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-chage
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 path=/usr/bin/chage -F perm=x -F auid>=500 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-chage

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

# sudo systemctl restart auditd.service