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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Record attempts to alter time through adjtimex

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix <cod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Time Through clock_settime

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix <cod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Number of Record to Retain Before Flushing to Disk

    The setting for freq in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Maximum audit log file size for auditd

    The setting for max_log_file in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Record Attempts to Alter Time Through stime

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix <cod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter the localtime File

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix <cod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd to use audispd's syslog plugin

    To configure the <code>auditd</code> service to use the <code>syslog</code> plug-in of the <code>audispd</code> audit event multiplexor, set the <code>active</code> line in <code>/etc/audit/plugins...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Appropriate Action Must be Setup When the Internal Audit Event Queue is Full

    The audit system should have an action setup in the event the internal event queue becomes full. To setup an overflow action edit <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. Set <code>overflow_action</cod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Write Audit Logs to the Disk

    To configure Audit daemon to write Audit logs to the disk, set write_logs to yes in /etc/audit/auditd.conf. This is the default setting.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Action for auditd to take when log files reach their maximum size

    The setting for max_log_file_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf. The following options are available: <br>ignore - audit daemon does nothing. <br>syslog - audit daemon will issue a warning to syslog....
    Value
  • Number of log files for auditd to retain

    The setting for num_logs in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Size remaining in disk space before prompting space_left_action

    The setting for space_left (MB) in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Action for auditd to take when disk space just starts to run low

    The setting for space_left_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • The percentage remaining in disk space before prompting space_left_action

    The setting for space_left as a percentage in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Configure auditd Disk Error Action on Disk Error

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when there is a disk error. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. Add or modify the following line, substituting <i>...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd Disk Full Action when Disk Space Is Full

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. A...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd mail_acct Action on Low Disk Space

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to send email to a designated account in certain situations. Add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code> to ensure tha...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd admin_space_left Action on Low Disk Space

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. A...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd admin_space_left on Low Disk Space

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. A...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd flush priority

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to synchronously write audit event data to disk. Add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code> to ensure that audit even...
    Rule Medium Severity

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