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1.192 AZLX-23-005000

Information

Amazon Linux 2023 audit system must protect logon user identifiers (UIDs) from unauthorized change.

GROUP ID: V-274187RULE ID: SV-274187r1120715

If modification of login UIDs is not prevented, they can be changed by nonprivileged users and make auditing complicated or impossible.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000475-GPOS-00220, SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029

Solution

Configure Amazon Linux 2023 auditing to prevent modification of login UIDs once they are set by adding the following line to /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules:

--loginuid-immutable

To load the rules to the kernel immediately, use the following command:

$ sudo augenrules --load

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26107

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-9, 800-53|AU-12c., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, CCI|CCI-000172, Rule-ID|SV-274187r1120715_rule, STIG-ID|AZLX-23-005000, Vuln-ID|V-274187

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 19f4d9c2bcb85f04faed491ecf688b80b5d7c9d7df04ddf384bde8006eef21a8