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The SLES for vRealize must audit all account removal actions.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-239578 VROM-SL-000860 SV-239578r662185_rule Medium
Description
When SLES for vRealize accounts are removed, 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, operating systems must audit account removal 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-42811r662183_chk )
Determine if execution of the "userdel" and "groupdel" executable are audited:

# auditctl -l | egrep '(userdel|groupdel)'

If either "userdel" or "groupdel" are not listed with a permissions filter of at least "x", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-42770r662184_fix)
Configure execute auditing of the "userdel" and "groupdel" executables. Add the following to the "/etc/audit/audit.rules" file:

-w /usr/sbin/userdel -p x -k userdel
-w /usr/sbin/groupdel -p x -k groupdel