The Photon operating system must immediately notify the SA and ISSO when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258845	PHTN-40-000112	SV-258845r935564_rule		Low

Description
If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization, they are unable to plan for audit record storage capacity expansion.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-10-29

Details

Check Text ( C-62585r933594_chk )
At the command line, run the following command to verify auditd is alerting when low disk space is detected: # grep '^space_left' /etc/audit/auditd.conf Expected result: space_left = 25% space_left_action = SYSLOG If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62494r933595_fix)
Navigate to and open: /etc/audit/auditd.conf Ensure the "space_left" and "space_left_action" lines are uncommented and set to the following: space_left = 25% space_left_action = SYSLOG At the command line, run the following command: # pkill -SIGHUP auditd