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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Virtualization 4

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Include Local Events in Audit Logs

    To configure Audit daemon to include local events in Audit logs, set local_events to yes in /etc/audit/auditd.conf. This is the default setting.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Resolve information before writing to audit logs

    To configure Audit daemon to resolve all uid, gid, syscall, architecture, and socket address information before writing the events to disk, set <code>log_format</code> to <code>ENRICHED</code> in <...
    Rule Low 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
  • Audit Configuration Files Must Be Owned By Group root

    All audit configuration files must be owned by group root.
    chown :root /etc/audit/audit*.{rules,conf} /etc/audit/rules.d/*
    Rule Medium Severity

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