RHEL 9 must be configured to offload audit records onto a different system from the system being audited via syslog.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The auditd service does not include the ability to send audit records to a centralized server for management directly. However, it can use a plug-in for audit event multiplexor (audispd) to pass audit records to the local syslog server. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-258145r958754_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Edit the /etc/audit/plugins.d/syslog.conf file and add or update the "active" option:
active = yes
The audit daemon must be restarted for changes to take effect.