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The SLES for vRealize must audit all account-disabling actions.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-239577 VROM-SL-000855 SV-239577r662182_rule Medium
Description
When SLES for vRealize accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual users or for identifying the SLES for vRealize processes themselves. In order to detect and respond to events affecting user accessibility and system processing, SLES for vRealize must audit account disabling actions and, as required, notify the appropriate individuals so they can investigate the event. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that SLES for vRealize accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many SLES for vRealize systems can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.
STIG Date
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-07-01

Details

Check Text ( C-42810r662180_chk )
Determine if execution of the "passwd" executable is audited:

# auditctl -l | grep watch=/usr/bin/passwd

If "/usr/bin/passwd" is not listed with a permissions filter of at least "x", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-42769r662181_fix)
Configure SLES for vRealize to automatically audit account-disabling actions by running the following command:

# /etc/dodscript.sh

OR

# echo '-w /usr/bin/passwd -p x -k passwd' >> /etc/audit/audit.rules

Restart the auditd service.

# service auditd restart