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The system syslog service must log informational and more severe SMTP service messages.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-836 GEN004460 SV-45858r1_rule Medium
Description
If informational and more severe SMTP service messages are not logged, malicious activity on the system may go unnoticed.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z 2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-43154r1_chk )
Check the syslog configuration file for mail.crit logging configuration.

Procedure:
# grep "mail\." /etc/rsyslog.conf

If syslog is not configured to log critical sendmail messages ("mail.crit" or "mail.*"), this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-39240r1_fix)
Edit the syslog configuration file and add a configuration line specifying an appropriate destination for "mail.crit" syslogs.

For example:
mail.* -/var/log/mail;RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat