Cron logging must be implemented.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-982	GEN003160	SV-45615r1_rule	ECAR-1 ECAR-2 ECAR-3	Medium

Description
Cron logging can be used to trace the successful or unsuccessful execution of cron jobs. It can also be used to spot intrusions into the use of the cron facility by unauthorized and malicious users.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z	2013-04-26

Details

Check Text ( C-42979r1_chk )
By default, rsyslog includes configuration files found in the /etc/rsyslog.d directory. Check for the include directive” $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/.conf” in /etc/rsyslog.conf and then for the cron log configuration file. # grep rsyslog.d /etc/rsyslog.conf # grep cron /etc/rsyslog.d/.conf OR # grep cron /etc/rsyslog.conf If cron logging is not configured, this is a finding. Check the configured cron log file found in the cron entry of /etc/syslog (normally /var/log/cron). # ls -lL /var/log/cron If this file does not exist, or is older than the last cron job, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-42979r1_chk )

By default, rsyslog includes configuration files found in the /etc/rsyslog.d directory. Check for the include directive” $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf” in /etc/rsyslog.conf and then for the cron log configuration file.
# grep rsyslog.d /etc/rsyslog.conf
# grep cron /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf

OR

# grep cron /etc/rsyslog.conf
If cron logging is not configured, this is a finding.

Check the configured cron log file found in the cron entry of /etc/syslog (normally /var/log/cron).
# ls -lL /var/log/cron

If this file does not exist, or is older than the last cron job, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39014r1_fix)
Edit or create /etc/rsyslog.d/cron.conf and setup cron logging.