Successful/unsuccessful uses of the shutdown command in RHEL 9 must generate an audit record.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Misuse of the shutdown command may cause availability issues for the system.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-258214r926629_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful uses of the "shutdown" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/shutdown -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-shutdown
The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.