Detections
Analytics
UBTU-20-010432 - The Ubuntu operating system must be configured to preserve log records from failure events.
Information
Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure of the information system or a component of the system.Preserving operating system state information helps to facilitate operating system restart and return to the operational mode of the organization with least disruption to mission/business processes.
Solution
Configure the log service to collect failure events.Install the log service (if the log service is not already installed) with the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install rsyslog
Enable the log service with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable --now rsyslog
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_20-04_LTS_V2R4_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS STIG v2r4
Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION
References: 800-53|SC-24, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001665, Rule-ID|SV-238353r991562_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-20-010432, Vuln-ID|V-238353
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: e791811303261d61bf0e4c3cedb1c526ea9017b795ae34b25072e36e93148664