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1.95 OL09-00-000515

Information

OL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/gshadow.

GROUP ID: V-271530
RULE ID: SV-271530r1092480

In addition to auditing new user and group accounts, these watches will alert the system administrator(s) to any modifications. Any unexpected users, groups, or modifications should be investigated for legitimacy.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000304-GPOS-00121, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000239-GPOS-00089, SRG-OS-000240-GPOS-00090, SRG-OS-000241-GPOS-00091, SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000476-GPOS-00221

Solution

Configure OL 9 to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/gshadow".

Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":

-w /etc/gshadow -p wa -k identity

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: ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, MAINTENANCE

References: 800-53|AC-2(1), 800-53|AC-2(4), 800-53|AU-3, 800-53|AU-3(1), 800-53|AU-12a., 800-53|AU-12c., 800-53|MA-4(1), CCI|CCI-000015, CCI|CCI-000018, CCI|CCI-000130, CCI|CCI-000135, CCI|CCI-000169, CCI|CCI-000172, CCI|CCI-001403, CCI|CCI-001404, CCI|CCI-001405, CCI|CCI-002130, CCI|CCI-002884, Rule-ID|SV-271530r1092480_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000515, Vuln-ID|V-271530

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7246bb95cafca74988640831412a4703320416139b1ccf2f81b457de5e3786a2