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AlmaLinux OS 9 audit system must protect logon UIDs from unauthorized change.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If modification of login user identifiers (UIDs) is not prevented, they can be changed by nonprivileged users and make auditing complicated or impossible.

ID
SV-269544r1050427_rule
Version
ALMA-09-056780
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 auditing to prevent modification of login UIDs once they are set by adding the following line to /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules:

--loginuid-immutable