The audit system must be configured to audit account disabling.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22378	GEN002752	SV-45319r1_rule		Low

Description
If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-19

Details

Check Text ( C-42666r1_chk )
Determine if execution of the passwd executable is audited. # auditctl -l | grep /usr/bin/passwd If passwd is not listed with a permissions filter of at least 'x', this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38715r1_fix)
Configure execute auditing of the passwd executable. Add the following to the audit.rules file: -w /usr/sbin/passwd -p x -k passwd Restart the auditd service. # rcauditd restart OR # service auditd restart