TOSS must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd".

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-253026	TOSS-04-030810	SV-253026r825989_rule		Medium

Description
Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to enable a new or disabled account. Auditing account modification actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes.

STIG	Date
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-08-29

Details

Check Text ( C-56479r825987_chk )
Verify TOSS generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd". Check the auditing rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following command: $ sudo grep /etc/passwd /etc/audit/audit.rules -w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56429r825988_fix)
Configure TOSS to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd". Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules": -w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.