Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must initiate session audits at system startup.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If auditing is enabled late in the startup process, the actions of some startup processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-260471r991555_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to produce audit records at system startup.
Edit the "/etc/default/grub" file and add "audit=1" to the "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX" option.
To update the grub config file, run: