The SUSE operating system must off-load audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-234978 | SLES-15-030790 | SV-234978r1009573_rule | CCI-001851 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-234978r1009573_chk)
Verify what action the audit system takes if it cannot off-load audit records to a different system or storage media from the SUSE operating system being audited.
Check the action that the audit system takes in the event of a network failure with the following command:
> sudo grep -i "network_failure_action" /etc/audit/audisp-remote.conf
network_failure_action = syslog
If the "network_failure_action" option is not set to "syslog", "single", or "halt" or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-38129r1009572_fix)
Configure the SUSE operating system to take the appropriate action if it cannot off-load audit records to a different system or storage media from the system being audited due to a network failure.
Uncomment the "network_failure_action" option in "/etc/audit/audisp-remote.conf" and set it to "syslog", "single", or "halt". See the example below:
network_failure_action = syslog