AlmaLinux OS 9 must be configured to forward audit records via TCP to a different system or media from the system being audited via rsyslog.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-269517 | ALMA-09-053040 | SV-269517r1050400_rule | CCI-001851 | low |
| Description | ||||
| Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| CloudLinux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-22 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-269517r1050400_chk)
Verify that AlmaLinux OS 9 audit system offloads audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited via rsyslog using TCP with the following command:
$ grep @@ /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf
/etc/rsyslog.d/stig.conf:*.* @@loghost.example.com"
If a remote server is not configured, or the line is commented out, ask the system administrator (SA) to indicate how the audit logs are offloaded to a different system or media.
If there is no evidence that the audit logs are being offloaded to another system or media, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-73449r1049908_fix)
Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to offload audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited via TCP using rsyslog by specifying the remote logging server in "/etc/rsyslog.conf"" or "/etc/rsyslog.d/[customfile].conf" with the name or IP address of the log aggregation server.
*.* @@[server]:[port]"