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The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for all uses of the unix_chkpwd or unix2_chkpwd commands.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215

ID
SV-234910r958412_rule
Version
SLES-15-030110
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the SUSE operating system to generate an audit record for all uses of the "unix_chkpwd" and "unix2_chkpwd" commands. 

Add or update the following rules in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F path=/sbin/unix_chkpwd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-unix-chkpwd
-a always,exit -F path=/sbin/unix2_chkpwd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-unix2-chkpwd