V-269459

Discussion

Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel may be able to prevent the auditing of critical events. Misconfigured audits may degrade the system's performance by overwhelming the audit log. Misconfigured audits may also make it more difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

Check Content

Verify the mode of /etc/audit/auditd.conf with the command:

$ stat -c "%#a %n" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

0640 /etc/audit/auditd.conf

If "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" does not have a mode of "0640", this is a finding.