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V-271600

CAT II (Medium)

OL 9 must notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization.

Rule ID

SV-271600r1134858_rule

STIG

Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

CCIs

CCI-001855

Discussion

If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches a maximum of 75 percent utilization, they are unable to plan for audit record storage capacity expansion. The notification can be set to trigger at lower utilization thresholds at the ISSO's discretion.

Check Content

Verify that OL 9 notifies the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity with the following command:

$ sudo grep -w space_left_action /etc/audit/auditd.conf
space_left_action = email

If the value of the "space_left_action" is not set to "email", or if the line is commented out, ask the SA to indicate how the system is providing real-time alerts to the SA and ISSO.

If there is no evidence that real-time alerts are configured on the system, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure OL 9 to initiate an action to notify the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches (at most) 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity by adding/modifying the following line in the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file:

space_left_action = email