Audispd must take appropriate action when the SUSE operating system audit storage is full.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-234979	SLES-15-030800	SV-234979r622137_rule		Medium

Description
Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-03-04

Details

Check Text ( C-38167r619206_chk )
Verify the audit system off-loads audit records if the SUSE operating system storage volume becomes full. Check that the records are properly off-loaded to a remote server with the following command: > sudo grep -i "disk_full_action" /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf disk_full_action = syslog If "disk_full_action" is not set to "syslog", "single", or "halt" or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-38167r619206_chk )

Verify the audit system off-loads audit records if the SUSE operating system storage volume becomes full.

Check that the records are properly off-loaded to a remote server with the following command:

> sudo grep -i "disk_full_action" /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf
disk_full_action = syslog

If "disk_full_action" is not set to "syslog", "single", or "halt" or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38130r619207_fix)
Configure the SUSE operating system to take the appropriate action if the audit storage is full. Add, edit, or uncomment the "disk_full_action" option in "/etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf". Set it to "syslog", "single" or "halt" as in the example below: disk_full_action = syslog