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The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/group.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-204565 RHEL-07-030871 SV-204565r853979_rule Medium
Description
Without generating audit records that are 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).
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-12-06

Details

Check Text ( C-4689r88887_chk )
Verify the operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/group".

Check the auditing rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following command:

# grep /etc/group /etc/audit/audit.rules

-w /etc/group -p wa -k identity

If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-4689r88888_fix)
Configure the operating system to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/group".

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

-w /etc/group -p wa -k identity

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.