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V-282752

CAT II (Medium)

TOSS 5 must write audit records to disk.

Rule ID

SV-282752r1201236_rule

STIG

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

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Audit data should be synchronously written to disk to ensure log integrity. This setting ensures all audit event data is written to disk.

Check Content

If the system is configured to immediately offload audit records to an external system, this requirement is not applicable.

Verify the audit system is configured to write logs to the disk using the following command:

$ sudo grep write_logs /etc/audit/auditd.conf 

write_logs = yes 
 
If "write_logs" does not have a value of "yes", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the audit system to write log files to the disk.

Edit the "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" file and add or update the "write_logs" option to "yes":

write_logs = yes 

Restart the audit daemon for changes to take effect.