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V-219965

CAT II (Medium)

The audit system must alert the SA when the audit storage volume approaches its capacity.

Rule ID

SV-219965r971542_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-001855

Discussion

Filling the audit storage area can result in a denial of service or system outage and can lead to events going undetected.

Check Content

This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this check applies.

The root role is required.

Verify the presence of an audit_warn entry in /etc/mail/aliases.
# /usr/lib/sendmail -bv audit_warn
If the response is:
audit_warn... User unknown

this is a finding.

Review the output of the command and verify that the audit_warn alias notifies the appropriate users in this form:

audit_warn:user1,user2

If an appropriate user is not listed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The root role is required. 

This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this action applies.

Add an audit_warn alias to /etc/mail/aliases that will forward to designated system administrator(s).

# pfedit /etc/mail/aliases

Insert a line in the form:
audit_warn:user1,user2

Put the updated aliases file into service.
# newaliases