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SLEM 5 must generate audit records for all uses of the "ssh-agent" command.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-261442 SLEM-05-654095 SV-261442r996733_rule Medium
Description
Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information. At a minimum, the organization must audit the full-text recording of privileged commands. The organization must maintain audit trails in sufficient detail to reconstruct events to determine the cause and impact of compromise.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-65171r996731_chk )
Verify SLEM 5 generates an audit record for all uses of the "ssh-agent" command with the following command:

> sudo auditctl -l | grep -w '/usr/bin/ssh-agent'
-a always,exit -S all -F path=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=privileged-ssh-agent

If the command does not return any output or the returned line is commented out, this is a finding.

Note: The "key=" value is arbitrary and can be different from the example output above.
Fix Text (F-65079r996732_fix)
Configure SLEM 5 to generate an audit record for all uses of the "ssh-agent" command.

Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-ssh-agent

To reload the rules file, restart the audit daemon:

> sudo systemctl restart auditd.service

or issue the following command:

> sudo augenrules --load