The Photon operating system must audit all account removal actions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239118	PHTN-67-000047	SV-239118r816634_rule		Medium

Description
When operating system accounts are removed, 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 removal actions.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-09-27

Details

Check Text ( C-42329r816632_chk )
At the command line, execute the following command: # auditctl -l \| grep -E "(userdel\|groupdel)" Expected result: -w /usr/sbin/userdel -p x -k userdel -w /usr/sbin/groupdel -p x -k groupdel If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding. Note: This check depends on the auditd service to be in a running state for accurate results. Enabling the auditd service is done as part of a separate control.

Check Text ( C-42329r816632_chk )

At the command line, execute the following command:

# auditctl -l | grep -E "(userdel|groupdel)"

Expected result:

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

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Note: This check depends on the auditd service to be in a running state for accurate results. Enabling the auditd service is done as part of a separate control.

Fix Text (F-42288r816633_fix)
Open /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.STIG.rules with a text editor and add the following lines: -w /usr/sbin/userdel -p x -k userdel -w /usr/sbin/groupdel -p x -k groupdel At the command line, execute the following command: # /sbin/augenrules --load