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The SUSE operating system auditd service must notify the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) immediately when audit storage capacity is 75 percent full.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-77293 SLES-12-020030 SV-91989r1_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
SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2019-03-12

Details

Check Text ( C-76849r1_chk )
Determine if the SUSE operating system auditd is configured to notify the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) when the audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the storage capacity:

# sudo grep space_left /etc/audit/auditd.conf

space_left = 75

If "space_left" is not set to "75", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-83935r1_fix)
Edit the SUSE operating system "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" by adding or editing the following line:

space_left = 75