RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /var/log/lastlog.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258225	RHEL-09-654255	SV-258225r926662_rule		Medium

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. 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, SRG-OS-000473-GPOS-00218, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-61966r926660_chk )
Verify RHEL 9 generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/var/log/lastlog" with the following command: $ sudo auditctl -l | grep /var/log/lastlog -w /var/log/lastlog -p wa -k logins If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61890r926661_fix)
Configure RHEL 9 to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/var/log/lastlog". Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules": -w /var/log/lastlog -p wa -k logins The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.