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V-216246

CAT II (Medium)

The audit system must produce records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject associated with the event.

Rule ID

SV-216246r986419_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-001487 CCI-004188

Discussion

Enabling the audit system will produce records with accurate time stamps, source, user, and activity information. Without this information malicious activity cannot be accurately tracked.

Check Content

The Audit Configuration profile is required.

This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone to be secured.

# zonename

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

Check the status of the audit system. It must be auditing.

# pfexec auditconfig -getcond

If this command does not report the following, this is a finding.

audit condition = auditing

Fix Text

The Audit Control profile is required.

This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone to be secured.

# zonename

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

If auditing has been disabled, it must be enabled with the following command:

# pfexec audit -s