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AlmaLinux OS 9 must allow only the information system security manager (ISSM) (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel may be able to prevent the auditing of critical events. Misconfigured audits may degrade the system's performance by overwhelming the audit log. Misconfigured audits may also make it more difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

ID
SV-269460r1050343_rule
Version
ALMA-09-045890
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the "/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules", "/etc/audit/audit.rules" and "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" files to have a mode of "0640" with the following command: 
 
$ chmod 0640 /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules /etc/audit/auditd.conf /etc/audit/audit.rules