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TOSS must generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-252974 TOSS-04-030060 SV-252974r824246_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
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-08-29

Details

Check Text ( C-56427r824244_chk )
Verify that an audit event is generated for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "sudo" command by performing the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules":

$ sudo grep -w sudo /etc/audit/audit.rules
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/sudo -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k priv_cmd

If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56377r824245_fix)
Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "sudo" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/sudo -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k priv_cmd

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.