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RHEL-09-653060 - RHEL 9 must label all offloaded audit logs before sending them to the central log server.

Information

Enriched logging is needed to determine who, what, and when events occur on a system. Without this, determining root cause of an event will be much more difficult.

When audit logs are not labeled before they are sent to a central log server, the audit data will not be able to be analyzed and tied back to the correct system.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017, SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

Solution

Edit the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file and add or update the "name_format" option:

name_format = hostname

The audit daemon must be restarted for changes to take effect.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_9_V2R8_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-3, 800-53|AU-4(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000132, CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-258161r958416_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-653060, Vuln-ID|V-258161

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f31bdc81aabc5eb97e2338351c348305e1628ec55ccfe98cf6ea2544c26ff9bb