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-836r2_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
If informational and more severe SMTP service messages are not logged, malicious activity on the system may go unnoticed.

STIG	Date
VMware ESX 3 Server	2016-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-617r2_chk )
Check the syslog configuration file for mail.crit logging configuration. Procedure: # more /etc/syslog.conf Verify a line similar to one of the following lines is present in syslog.conf is configured so that critical mail log data is logged. (Critical log data may also be captured by a remote log host in accordance with GEN005460.) mail.crit /var/adm/messages *.crit /var/log/messages If syslog is not configured to log critical Sendmail messages, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-617r2_chk )

Check the syslog configuration file for mail.crit logging configuration.

Procedure:
# more /etc/syslog.conf

Verify a line similar to one of the following lines is present in syslog.conf is configured so that critical mail log data is logged. (Critical log data may also be captured by a remote log host in accordance with GEN005460.)

mail.crit /var/adm/messages
*.crit /var/log/messages

If syslog is not configured to log critical Sendmail messages, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-990r2_fix)
Edit the syslog.conf file and add a configuration line specifying an appropriate destination for mail.crit syslogs.