Configure auditd to use audispd's syslog plugin

An XCCDF Rule

Description

To configure the auditd service to use the syslog plug-in of the audispd audit event multiplexor, set the active line in /etc/audit/plugins.d/syslog.conf to yes. Restart the auditd service:

$ sudo service auditd restart

Rationale

The auditd service does not include the ability to send audit records to a centralized server for management directly. It does, however, include a plug-in for audit event multiplexor (audispd) to pass audit records to the local syslog server.

ID: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_auditd_audispd_syslog_plugin_activated
Severity: Medium
References: 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 3 4 5 6 7 8

5.4.1.1

APO11.04 APO12.06 BAI03.05 BAI08.02 DSS02.02 DSS02.04 DSS02.07 DSS03.01 DSS05.04 DSS05.07 MEA02.01

3.3.1

CCI-000136

164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D) 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(B) 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C) 164.308(a)(6)(ii) 164.308(a)(8) 164.310(d)(2)(iii) 164.312(b) 164.314(a)(2)(i)(C) 164.314(a)(2)(iii)

4.2.3.10 4.3.3.3.9 4.3.3.5.8 4.3.4.4.7 4.3.4.5.6 4.3.4.5.7 4.3.4.5.8 4.4.2.1 4.4.2.2 4.4.2.4

SR 2.10 SR 2.11 SR 2.12 SR 2.8 SR 2.9 SR 6.1

A.12.4.1 A.12.4.2 A.12.4.3 A.12.4.4 A.12.7.1 A.16.1.4 A.16.1.5 A.16.1.7

AU-4(1) CM-6(a)

DE.AE-3 DE.AE-5 PR.PT-1 RS.AN-1 RS.AN-4

FAU_GEN.1.1.c

Req-10.5.3

10.3.3

SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133 SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224
Updated: about 1 year ago

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && dpkg-query --show --showformat='${db:Status-Status}\n' 'auditd' 2>/dev/null | grep -q installed; then

var_syslog_active="yes"

AUDISP_SYSLOGCONFIG=/etc/audit/plugins.d/syslog.conf
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^active")

# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_syslog_active"

# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^active\\>" "$AUDISP_SYSLOGCONFIG"; then
    escaped_formatted_output=$(sed -e 's|/|\\/|g' <<< "$formatted_output")
    LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks "s/^active\\>.*/$escaped_formatted_output/gi" "$AUDISP_SYSLOGCONFIG"
else
    if [[ -s "$AUDISP_SYSLOGCONFIG" ]] && [[ -n "$(tail -c 1 -- "$AUDISP_SYSLOGCONFIG" || true)" ]]; then
        LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks '$a'\\ "$AUDISP_SYSLOGCONFIG"
    fi
    printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "$AUDISP_SYSLOGCONFIG"
fi

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - CJIS-5.4.1.1
  - NIST-800-171-3.3.1  - NIST-800-53-AU-4(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.3
  - PCI-DSSv4-10.3.3
  - auditd_audispd_syslog_plugin_activated
  - configure_strategy
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed

- name: Enable syslog plugin
  lineinfile:
    dest: /etc/audit/plugins.d/syslog.conf
    regexp: ^active
    line: active = yes
    create: true
  when:
  - '"auditd" in ansible_facts.packages'
  - ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:
  - CJIS-5.4.1.1
  - NIST-800-171-3.3.1
  - NIST-800-53-AU-4(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.3
  - PCI-DSSv4-10.3.3
  - auditd_audispd_syslog_plugin_activated
  - configure_strategy
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed

Configure auditd to use audispd's syslog plugin

Description

Rationale

Remediation - Shell Script

Remediation - Ansible