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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • RHEL 9 audit package must be installed.

    <VulnDiscussion>Without establishing what type of events occurred, the source of events, where events occurred, and the outcome of events, it...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 audit service must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing what type of events occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • RHEL 9 must take action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 95 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If action is not taken when storage volume reaches 95 percent utilization, the auditing system may fail when the storage volu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • RHEL 9 audit system must take appropriate action when an error writing to the audit storage volume occurs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the operating system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it takes action to mit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000047-GPOS-00023

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 audit system must take appropriate action when the audit storage volume is full.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the operating system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it takes action to mit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must allocate audit record storage capacity to store at least one week's worth of audit records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure RHEL 9 systems have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, RHEL 9 needs to be able to allo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must take action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization, they are unable to pla...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume 75 percent utilization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization, they are unable to pla...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must take action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 95 percent of the audit record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If action is not taken when storage volume reaches 95 percent utilization, the auditing system may fail when the storage volu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-OS-000047-GPOS-00023

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 audit log directory must be owned by root to prevent unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 audit system must take appropriate action when the audit files have reached maximum size.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the operating system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it takes action to mit...
    Rule Medium Severity

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