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The operating system must automatically audit account termination.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
SRG-OS-000241-ESXI5-PNF SRG-OS-000241-ESXI5-PNF SRG-OS-000241-ESXI5-PNF_rule Medium
Description
Accounts are utilized for identifying individual application users or for identifying the application processes themselves. When accounts are deleted, a Denial of Service could happen. The operating system must audit and notify, as required, to mitigate the Denial of Service risk. Permanent not a finding - Auditing cannot be configured/implemented like a typical UNIX system. Auditing is turned on by default, as is logging. Syslog is the best way to ensure all access is logged. Access is limited to privileged roles only. In lockdown mode (required), only the vpxuser proxy has access.
STIG Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000241-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.
Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000241-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.