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V-282563

CAT II (Medium)

TOSS 5 must be configured to off-load audit records onto a different system from the system being audited via syslog.

Rule ID

SV-282563r1200669_rule

STIG

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

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-001851

Discussion

The auditd service does not include the ability to send audit records to a centralized server for management directly. However, it can use a plug-in for an audit event multiplexor (audispd) to pass audit records to the local syslog server.

Check Content

Verify TOSS 5 is configured use the "audisp-remote" syslog service using the following command:

$ sudo grep active /etc/audit/plugins.d/syslog.conf 

active = yes

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

Fix Text

Edit the "/etc/audit/plugins.d/syslog.conf" file and add or update the "active" option:

active = yes

Restart the audit daemon for the changes to take effect.