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V-282359

CAT II (Medium)

TOSS 5 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/shadow.

Rule ID

SV-282359r1200057_rule

STIG

Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000018 CCI-000130 CCI-000135 CCI-000169 CCI-001403 CCI-001404 CCI-001405 CCI-002130 CCI-000015 CCI-002884 CCI-000172

Discussion

In addition to auditing new user and group accounts, these watches will alert the system administrator(s) to any modifications. Any unexpected users, groups, or modifications should be investigated for legitimacy. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000239-GPOS-00089, SRG-OS-000240-GPOS-00090, SRG-OS-000241-GPOS-00091, SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120, SRG-OS-000304-GPOS-00121, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000476-GPOS-00221

Check Content

Verify TOSS 5 generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd using the following command:

$ sudo auditctl -l | egrep '(/etc/shadow)' 

-w /etc/shadow -p wa -k identity

If the command does not return a line or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure TOSS 5 to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/shadow".

Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":

-w /etc/shadow -p wa -k identity

Restart the audit daemon for the changes to take effect.