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NixOS must notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-268101ANIX-00-000400SV-268101r1131004_ruleCCI-000139medium
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. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022, SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134
STIGDate
Anduril NixOS Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-08-19

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

MON-05Response To Event Log Processing Failures
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (20) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-12(1)System-wide and Time-correlated Audit Trail
1.00
AU-14(1)System Start-up
1.00
AU-4(1)Transfer to Alternate Storage
1.00
AU-5Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
1.00
AU-5(1)Storage Capacity Warning
1.00
AU-5(2)Real-time Alerts
1.00
AU-6(4)Central Review and Analysis
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.3.4
1.00
CCI1 mapping

Details

Check Text (C-268101r1131004_chk)

Verify NixOS notifies the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity with the following command: $ sudo grep -w space_left_action /etc/audit/auditd.conf space_left_action = syslog If the "space_left_action" parameter is missing, commented out, or set to blanks, this is a finding. If the "space_left_action" is set to "syslog", the system logs the event, but does not generate a notification, this is a finding. If the "space_left_action" is set to "exec", the system executes a designated script. If this script does not inform the SA of the event, this is a finding. If the "space_left_action" is set to "email" check the value of the "action_mail_acct" parameter with the following command: $ sudo grep action_mail_acct /etc/audit/auditd.conf action_mail_acct root@localhost The "action_mail_acct" parameter, if missing, defaults to "root". If the "action_mail_acct" parameter is not set to the email address of the SA and/or ISSO, this is a finding. Note: If the email address of the SA is on a remote system, a mail package must be available.

Fix Text (F-71928r1131003_fix)

Configure NixOS to initiate an action to notify the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity. If the space_left_action parameter is set to "syslog", make sure the event being logged generates a notification to the SA and ISSO. If the space_left_action parameter is set to "exec", make sure the command being executed notifies the SA and ISSO. If the space_left_action parameter is set to "email", set the action_mail_acct parameter to an email address for the SA and ISSO. Add the following Nix code to the NixOS Configuration, usually located in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix or /etc/nixos/flake.nix: space_left_action = syslog For example, an updated configuration of 'environment.etc."audit/auditd.conf".text' would look like the following ('...' denoting that the 'environment.etc."audit/auditd.conf".text' configuration may have other options configured): environment.etc."audit/auditd.conf".text = [ '' ... space_left_action = syslog ... '' ]; Rebuild and switch to the new NixOS configuration: $ sudo nixos-rebuild switch