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V-234932

CAT II (Medium)

The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for all uses of the sudoedit command.

Rule ID

SV-234932r958412_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R7

CCIs

None

Discussion

Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215

Check Content

Verify an audit record is generated for all uses of the "sudoedit" command. 

Check that the command is being audited by performing the following command:

> sudo auditctl -l | grep -w '/usr/bin/sudoedit'

-a always,exit -S all -F path=/usr/bin/sudoedit -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -k privileged-sudoedit

If the command does not return any output or the returned line is commented out, this is a finding.

Note:
The "-k" allows for specifying an arbitrary identifier. The string following "-k" does not need to match the example output above.

Fix Text

Configure the SUSE operating system to generate an audit record for all uses of the "sudoedit" command. 

Add or update the following rules in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/sudoedit -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-sudoedit

To reload the rules file, restart the audit daemon

> sudo systemctl restart auditd.service

or issue the following command:

> sudo augenrules --load