The Photon operating system must ensure audit events are flushed to disk at proper intervals.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256544	PHTN-30-000074	SV-256544r887306_rule		Medium

Description
Without setting a balance between performance and ensuring all audit events are written to disk, performance of the system may suffer or the risk of missing audit entries may be too high.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-60219r887304_chk )
At the command line, run the following command: # grep -E "freq|flush" /etc/audit/auditd.conf Expected result: flush = INCREMENTAL_ASYNC freq = 50 If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60162r887305_fix)
Navigate to and open: /etc/audit/auditd.conf Ensure the following line is present and any existing "flush" and "freq" settings are removed: flush = INCREMENTAL_ASYNC freq = 50