OL 9 must be configured to offload audit records onto a different system from the system being audited via syslog.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-271597 | OL09-00-000855 | SV-271597r1092586_rule | CCI-001851 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The auditd service does not include the ability to send audit records to a centralized server for management directly. However, it can use a plug-in for audit event multiplexor (audispd) to pass audit records to the local syslog server. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-271597r1092586_chk)
Verify that OL 9 is configured use the audisp-remote syslog service with the following command:
$ sudo grep active /etc/audit/plugins.d/syslog.conf
active = yes
If the "active" keyword does not have a value of "yes", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-75554r1092585_fix)
Configure OL 9 to offload audit records onto a different system from the system being audited via syslog.
Edit the /etc/audit/plugins.d/syslog.conf file and add or update the "active" option:
active = yes
The audit daemon must be restarted for changes to take effect.
Restart auditd:
$ sudo service auditd restart