Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - usermod
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 - usernetctl
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 -
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 -
Write Audit Logs to the Disk
To configure Audit daemon to write Audit logs to the disk, setwrite_logstoyesin/etc/audit/auditd.conf. This is the default setting.Rule Medium Severity -
Record attempts to alter time through settimeofday
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 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 audispd's Plugin disk_full_action When Disk Is Full
Configure the action the operating system takes if the disk the audit records are written to becomes full. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/audisp-remote.conf</code>. Add or modify the following line...Rule Medium Severity -
Encrypt Audit Records Sent With audispd Plugin
Configure the operating system to encrypt the transfer of off-loaded audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited. Set the <code>transport</code> option in <pre>/et...Rule Medium Severity -
Action for auditd to take when disk is full
'The setting for disk_full_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|halt", for remediations the first value will be taken'Value -
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 -
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 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 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 -
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 -
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 -
Configure auditd Max Log File Size
Determine the amount of audit data (in megabytes) which should be retained in each log file. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. Add or modify the following line, substituting the co...Rule Medium Severity
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