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The SLES for vRealize must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the system.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-239628 VROM-SL-001395 SV-239628r662335_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 Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-07-01

Details

Check Text ( C-42861r662333_chk )
The message types that are always recorded to the "/var/log/audit/audit.log" file include "LOGIN", "USER_LOGIN", "USER_START", "USER_END" among others and do not need to be added to audit.rules.

The log files "/var/log/faillog", "/var/log/lastlog", and "/var/log/tallylog" must be protected from tampering of the login records:

# egrep "faillog|lastlog|tallylog" /etc/audit/audit.rules

If "/var/log/faillog", "/var/log/lastlog", and "/var/log/tallylog" entries do not exist, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-42820r662334_fix)
Ensure the auditing of logins by modifying the "/etc/audit/audit.rules" file to contain:

-w /var/log/faillog -p wa
-w /var/log/lastlog -p wa
-w /var/log/tallylog -p wa

OR

# /etc/dodscript.sh