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The WebSphere Application Server audit subsystem failure action must be set to Log warning.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-81247WBSP-AS-000650SV-95961r1_ruleCCI-000139medium
Description
Logs are essential to monitor the health of the system, investigate changes that occurred to the system, or investigate a security incident. When log processing fails, the events during the failure can be lost. To minimize the timeframe of the log failure, an alert needs to be sent to the SA and ISSO at a minimum. Log processing failures include, but are not limited to, failures in the application server log capturing mechanisms or log storage capacity being reached or exceeded. WebSphere must be set to log warnings that the audit subsystem has failed or is in danger or failing so action can be taken to correct the issue.
STIGDate
IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2018-08-24

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

+10 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

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
CCI-000139
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-95961r1_chk)

In the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Security auditing. If "Audit subsystem failure action" is not set to "Log Warning", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-88027r1_fix)

In the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Security auditing. Click the "Audit subsystem failure action" dropdown box. Select "Log Warning". Click "Apply". Click "Save" to save the configuration. Restart the DMGR and all JVMs.