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RHEL-07-030870 - The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/passwd.
Information
Without generating audit records that are 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-000004-GPOS-00004, SRG-OS-000239-GPOS-00089, SRG-OS-000240-GPOS-00090, SRG-OS-000241-GPOS-00091, SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120, SRG-OS-000476-GPOS-00221
Solution
Configure the operating system to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect '/etc/passwd'.Add or update the following rule '/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules':
-w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity
The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_7_V3R15_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 STIG v3r15
Category: ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
References: 800-53|AC-2(4), 800-53|AU-12c., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000018, CCI|CCI-000172, CCI|CCI-001403, CCI|CCI-002130, Rule-ID|SV-204564r958368_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-07-030870, STIG-Legacy|SV-86821, STIG-Legacy|V-72197, Vuln-ID|V-204564
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: c3f4ffe70c7c88b78250167bec5d7bb6191bff4e59fbf9ebf666725a9bcd1bd7