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1.141 OL09-00-000745

Information

OL 9 must be configured so that successful/unsuccessful uses of the shutdown command generate an audit record.

GROUP ID: V-271576
RULE ID: SV-271576r1092570

Misuse of the shutdown command may cause availability issues for the system.

Solution

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful uses of the shutdown command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/shutdown -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-shutdown

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Restart auditd:

$ sudo service auditd restart

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-12c., CCI|CCI-000172, Rule-ID|SV-271576r1092570_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000745, Vuln-ID|V-271576

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2b0a0d73b6b893e809055d6351642f70c3b2e066b7f19bf355349052ae0de00a