Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events - tallylog
The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during dae...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Delete Attempts to Files - renameat
The audit system should collect unsuccessful file deletion attempts 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 Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - truncate
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read a...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Unloading - create_module
To capture kernel module unloading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64 in case your system is 64-bit: <pre>-a always,e...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Unloading - delete_module
To capture kernel module unloading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64 in case your system is 64-bit: <pre>-a always,...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading - finit_module
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 Information on Kernel Module Loading - init_module
To capture kernel module loading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64 in case your system is 64-bit: <pre>-a always,ex...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading - query_module
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 Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - init
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - poweroff
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - reboot
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - shutdown
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - chsh
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...Rule Medium Severity -
Number of Record to Retain Before Flushing to Disk
The setting for freq in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Maximum audit log file size for auditd
The setting for max_log_file in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
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 -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - kmod
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - mount
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - newgidmap
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...Rule Medium Severity -
Number of log files for auditd to retain
The setting for num_logs in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue
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