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1.408 ALMA-09-052820

Information

AlmaLinux OS 9 must encrypt, via the gtls driver, the transfer of audit records offloaded onto a different system or media from the system being audited via rsyslog.

GROUP ID: V-269515
RULE ID: SV-269515r1050398

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.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to use the gtls driver to encrypt offloaded audit records by setting the following options in "/etc/rsyslog.conf" or "/etc/rsyslog.d/[customfile].conf":

$DefaultNetstreamDriver gtls

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27039

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-4(1), CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-269515r1050398_rule, STIG-ID|ALMA-09-052820, Vuln-ID|V-269515

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 15ff7b384f9b0d8b24b553f9fb6c5b4dcc65dd51dc01512a8b6d7a738f6c95d8