The Photon operating system must audit all account disabling actions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239117	PHTN-67-000046	SV-239117r675159_rule		Medium

Description
When operating system accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are used for identifying individual users or the operating system processes themselves. To detect and respond to events affecting user accessibility and system processing, operating systems must audit account disabling actions.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-04-15

Details

Check Text ( C-42328r675157_chk )
At the command line, execute the following command: # auditctl -l | grep watch=/usr/bin/passwd Expected result: -w /usr/bin/passwd -p x -k passwd If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42287r675158_fix)
At the command line, execute the following commands: # echo '-w /usr/bin/passwd -p x -k passwd' >> /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.STIG.rules # /sbin/augenrules --load