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1.153 UBTU-24-900250

Information

The operating system must generate audit records for the use and modification of faillog file.

GROUP ID: V-270796
RULE ID: SV-270796r1066877

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).

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000473-GPOS-00218

Solution

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful modifications to the "faillog" file.

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

-w /var/log/faillog -p wa -k logins

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/22775

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-12c., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000172, CSCv7|5.5, Rule-ID|SV-270796r1066877_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-24-900250, Vuln-ID|V-270796

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 3626e88a2fabef617b921eb90a698650ce4d75b4adb23922dbbea5ff82c340ae