The HYCU server must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>To ensure network devices have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, they must be able to allocate audit record storage capacity. The task of allocating audit record storage capacity is usually performed during initial device setup if it can be modified.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-246839r768181_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the operating system to enforce log rotation and restrict log file size to an organization-defined value by editing "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" files using the following command:
sudo vi /etc/audit/auditd.conf
Add or modify the following lines to have the required value:
max_log_file_action = ROTATION
max_log_file = 6