RHEL 8 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/gshadow.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-230407 | RHEL-08-030160 | SV-230407r1017213_rule | CCI-000169 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). Satisfies: SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000304-GPOS-00121, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000239-GPOS-00089, SRG-OS-000240-GPOS-00090, SRG-OS-000241-GPOS-00091, SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120, SRG-OS-000304-GPOS-00121, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000476-GPOS-00221 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AU-12
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.3.1
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.3.2
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000169
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-230407r1017213_chk)
Verify RHEL 8 generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/gshadow".
Check the auditing rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following command:
$ sudo grep /etc/gshadow /etc/audit/audit.rules
-w /etc/gshadow -p wa -k identity
If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-33051r567968_fix)
Configure RHEL 8 to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/gshadow".
Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":
-w /etc/gshadow -p wa -k identity
The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.