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1.217 RHEL-10-500620

Information

RHEL 10 must generate audit records for successful and unsuccessful uses of the "init" command.

GROUP ID: V-281148RULE ID: SV-281148r1166396

Misuse of the "init" command may cause availability issues for the system.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to generate audit records upon successful and unsuccessful uses of the "init" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

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

Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:

$ sudo service auditd restart

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-12c., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000172, Rule-ID|SV-281148r1166396_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-500620, Vuln-ID|V-281148

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 138a81d6a596ec7ec3641206906990be0d38952ca14d53159a6394dab7138270