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RHEL-10-500630 - RHEL 10 must generate audit records for successful and unsuccessful uses of the "poweroff" command.
Information
Misuse of the "poweroff" command may cause availability issues for the system.Solution
Configure RHEL 10 to generate audit records upon successful and unsuccessful uses of the "poweroff" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/poweroff -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-poweroff
Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:
$ sudo service auditd restart
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_10_V1R1_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG v1r1
Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
References: 800-53|AU-12c., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000172, Rule-ID|SV-281149r1166399_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-500630, Vuln-ID|V-281149
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 864030d9c7cda22a780849d5880eb8d0e5829e59931c55fe94851c62898a85f5