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UBTU-24-102010 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must initiate session audits at system startup.
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If auditing is enabled late in the startup process, the actions of some startup processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.Solution
Configure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to produce audit records at system startup.Edit the "/etc/default/grub" file and add "audit=1" to the "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX" option and to the "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT" option.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="audit=1"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="audit=1"
To update the grub config file, run:
$ sudo update-grub
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_24-04_LTS_V1R4_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS STIG v1r4
References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001464, Rule-ID|SV-270676r1155245_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-24-102010, Vuln-ID|V-270676
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: e0a4d54dd68292af84729b87b2911dbc6690616398852c2b3514f12605f918a9