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V-256491

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system audit log must log space limit problems to syslog.

Rule ID

SV-256491r958424_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000139, CCI-001858

Discussion

It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and system operation may be adversely affected. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022, SRG-OS-000344-GPOS-00135

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep "^space_left_action" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Expected result:

space_left_action = SYSLOG

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

/etc/audit/auditd.conf

Ensure the "space_left_action" line is uncommented and set to the following:

space_left_action = SYSLOG

At the command line, run the following commands:

# killproc auditd -TERM
# systemctl start auditd