Successful/unsuccessful uses of "unix_chkpwd" in TOSS must generate an audit record.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-253048	TOSS-04-031220	SV-253048r991579_rule		Medium

Description
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). The "unix_chkpwd" command is a helper program for the pam_unix module that verifies the password of the current user. It also checks password and account expiration dates in shadow. It is not intended to be run directly from the command line and logs a security violation if done so.

Description

Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). The "unix_chkpwd" command is a helper program for the pam_unix module that verifies the password of the current user. It also checks password and account expiration dates in shadow. It is not intended to be run directly from the command line and logs a security violation if done so.

STIG	Date
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-05-30

Details

Check Text ( C-56501r824814_chk )
Verify that an audit event is generated for any successful/unsuccessful use of "unix_chkpwd" by performing the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules": $ sudo grep -w "unix_chkpwd" /etc/audit/audit.rules -a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/unix_chkpwd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-56501r824814_chk )

Verify that an audit event is generated for any successful/unsuccessful use of "unix_chkpwd" by performing the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules":

$ sudo grep -w "unix_chkpwd" /etc/audit/audit.rules

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/unix_chkpwd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged

If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56451r824815_fix)
Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful uses of the "unix_chkpwd" by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file: -a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/unix_chkpwd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.