The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for all uses of the usermod command.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-217251 | SLES-12-020700 | SV-217251r958412_rule | CCI-000130 | 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-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AU-3
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.3.1
1.00
- DISA · 3 · 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 · 3 · 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-000130
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-217251r958412_chk)
Verify an audit record is generated for all uses of the "usermod" command.
Check that the following command call is being audited by performing the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules":
# sudo grep -i 'usermod' /etc/audit/audit.rules
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/usermod -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-usermod
If the command does not return any output or the returned line is commented out, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-18477r622410_fix)
Configure the SUSE operating system to generate an audit record for all uses of the "usermod" command.
Add or update the following rules in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/usermod -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-usermod
The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
# sudo systemctl restart auditd.service