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V-256492

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system audit log must attempt to log audit failures to syslog.

Rule ID

SV-256492r1038966_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000140

Discussion

It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and system operation may be adversely affected.

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep -E "^disk_full_action|^disk_error_action|^admin_space_left_action" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

If any of the above parameters are not set to "SYSLOG" or are missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

/etc/audit/auditd.conf

Ensure the following lines are present, not duplicated, and not commented:

disk_full_action = SYSLOG
disk_error_action = SYSLOG
admin_space_left_action = SYSLOG

At the command line, run the following commands:

# killproc auditd -TERM
# systemctl start auditd