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The SLES for vRealize must initiate session audits at system start-up.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-88631 VROM-SL-000870 SV-99281r1_rule Medium
Description
If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.
STIG Date
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide 2018-10-11

Details

Check Text ( C-88323r1_chk )
Check for the "audit=1" kernel parameter.

# grep "audit=1" /proc/cmdline

If no results are returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-95373r1_fix)
Edit the grub bootloader file "/boot/grub/menu.lst" by appending the "audit=1" parameter to the kernel boot line.

Reboot the system for the change to take effect.