Detections
Analytics
1.228 RHEL-10-500730
Information
RHEL 10 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd".GROUP ID: V-281159RULE ID: SV-281159r1166429
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, SRG-OS-000274-GPOS-00104, SRG-OS-000275-GPOS-00105, SRG-OS-000276-GPOS-00106, SRG-OS-000277-GPOS-00107
Solution
Configure RHEL 10 to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd".Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -F path=/etc/passwd -F perm=wa -F key=identity-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -F path=/etc/passwd -F perm=wa -F key=identity
Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:
$ sudo service auditd restart
See Also
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), CAT|II, 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-281159r1166429_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-500730, Vuln-ID|V-281159
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: f9fa00dbbc759c04561a7ecbafdaf665595fbc3ae83819ea6eb5091eafaff456