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GEN002750 - The audit system must be configured to audit account creation - 'group'
Information
If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises, and damages incurred during a system compromise.Solution
Configure execute auditing of the useradd and groupadd executables.Add the following to audit.rules:
-w /usr/sbin/useradd -p x -k useradd
-w /usr/sbin/groupadd -p x -k groupadd
Configure append auditing of the passwd, shadow, group, and gshadow files. Add the following to audit.rules:
-w /etc/passwd -p a -k passwd
-w /etc/shadow -p a -k shadow
-w /etc/group -p a -k group
-w /etc/gshadow -p a -k gshadow
Restart the auditd service.
See Also
http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-2(4), CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000018, Group-ID|V-22376, Rule-ID|SV-26519r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN002750, Vuln-ID|V-22376
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: faf4c5adc506de63118c93368f12053adefa4f84f95301bebd11f41338e5d6f3