The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for all uses of the ssh-agent command.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-234936 | SLES-15-030370 | SV-234936r958412_rule | CCI-000130 | low |
| Description | ||||
| Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information. At a minimum, the organization must audit the full-text recording of privileged commands. The organization must maintain audit trails in sufficient detail to reconstruct events to determine the cause and impact of compromise. 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 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-234936r958412_chk)
Verify the SUSE operating system generates an audit record for all uses of the "ssh-agent" command.
Check that the command is being audited by performing the following command:
> sudo auditctl -l | grep -w '/usr/bin/ssh-agent'
-a always,exit -S all -F path=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -k privileged-ssh-agent
If the command does not return any output or the returned line is commented out, this is a finding.
Note:
The "-k" allows for specifying an arbitrary identifier. The string following "-k" does not need to match the example output above.
Fix Text (F-38087r619078_fix)
Configure the SUSE operating system to generate an audit record for all uses of the "ssh-agent" command.
Add or update the following rules in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-ssh-agent
To reload the rules file, restart the audit daemon
> sudo systemctl restart auditd.service
or issue the following command:
> sudo augenrules --load