The SLES for vRealize must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access privileges occur. The SLES for vRealize must generate audit records for all discretionary access control permission modifications using fremovexattr.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-240385	VRAU-SL-000285	SV-240385r670896_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).

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-06-24

Details

Check Text ( C-43618r670894_chk )
To determine if the system is configured to audit calls to the "fremovexattr" system call, run the following command: # auditctl -l \| grep syscall \| grep fremovexattr If the system is configured to audit this activity, it will return several lines, such as: LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) syscall=lchown,sethostname,init_module,delete_module,setxattr,lsetxattr,fsetxattr,removexattr,lremovexattr,fremovexattr,clock_settime If no lines are returned, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-43618r670894_chk )

To determine if the system is configured to audit calls to the "fremovexattr" system call, run the following command:

# auditctl -l | grep syscall | grep fremovexattr

If the system is configured to audit this activity, it will return several lines, such as:

LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) syscall=lchown,sethostname,init_module,delete_module,setxattr,lsetxattr,fsetxattr,removexattr,lremovexattr,fremovexattr,clock_settime

If no lines are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43577r670895_fix)
At a minimum, the SLES for vRealize audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and "root". Add the following to "/etc/audit/audit.rules": -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fremovexattr Or run the following command to implement all logging requirements: # /etc/dodscript.sh