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1.175 UBTU-22-654220

Information

The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify the /etc/sudoers file occur.

GROUP ID: V-260646
RULE ID: SV-260646r991575

Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).

Solution

Configure the audit system to generate audit records for all modifications that affect "/etc/sudoers".

Add or modify the following line to "/etc/audit/rules.d/stig.rules":

-w /etc/sudoers -p wa -k privilege_modification

To reload the rules file, issue the following command:

$ sudo augenrules --load

Note: The "-k " at the end of the line gives the rule a unique meaning to help during an audit investigation. The does not need to match the example above.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22168

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-12c., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000172, CSCv7|5.5, Rule-ID|SV-260646r991575_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-22-654220, Vuln-ID|V-260646

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7a46852e87afb7b8cf17013da1fc2560afe576c1a29f2ec1428f41b826aa938e