Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 9
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Enable auditd Service
The <code>auditd</code> service is an essential userspace component of the Linux Auditing System, as it is responsible for writing audit records to disk. The <code>auditd</code> service can be ena...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd Rules for Comprehensive Auditing
The <code>auditd</code> program can perform comprehensive monitoring of system activity. This section describes recommended configuration settings for comprehensive auditing, but a full description...Group -
Configure immutable Audit login UIDs
Configure kernel to prevent modification of login UIDs once they are set. Changing login UIDs while this configuration is enforced requires special capabilities which are not available to unprivile...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Exporting to Media (successful)
At a minimum, the audit system should collect media exportation events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read aud...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Network Environment
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 lines to a file with suffix <co...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects System Administrator Actions - /etc/sudoers.d/
At a minimum, the audit system should collect administrator actions for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit ...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events When Privileged Executables Are Run
Verify the system generates an audit record when privileged functions are executed. If audit is using the "auditctl" tool to load the rules, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo grep execve /et...Rule Medium Severity -
Shutdown System When Auditing Failures Occur
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 to the bottom of a file...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/gshadow
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 lines to a file with suffix <co...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Access Events to Audit Log Directory
The audit system should collect access events to read audit log directory. The following audit rule will assure that access to audit log directory are collected. <pre>-a always,exit -F dir=/var/log...Rule Medium Severity
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