SLES-15-010420 - Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) must verify the baseline SUSE operating system configuration at least weekly - crontab

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Information

Unauthorized changes to the baseline configuration could make the system vulnerable to various attacks or allow unauthorized access to the SUSE operating system. Changes to SUSE operating system configurations can have unintended side effects, some of which may be relevant to security.

Detecting such changes and providing an automated response can help avoid unintended, negative consequences that could ultimately affect the security state of the SUSE operating system. The SUSE operating system's Information System Security Manager (ISSM)/Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and System Administrator (SAs) must be notified via email and/or monitoring system trap when there is an unauthorized modification of a configuration item.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000363-GPOS-00150, SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199, SRG-OS-000446-GPOS-00200

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the SUSE operating system to check the baseline configuration for unauthorized changes at least once weekly.

If the 'aide' package is not installed, install it with the following command:

> sudo zypper in aide

Configure the file integrity tool to automatically run on the system at least weekly. The following example output is generic. It will set cron to run AIDE weekly, but other file integrity tools may be used:

> cat /etc/cron.weekly/aide
0 0 * * * /usr/sbin/aide --check | /bin/mail -s 'aide integrity check run for <system name>' [email protected]

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SLES_15_V1R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001744, CCI|CCI-002696, CCI|CCI-002699, Rule-ID|SV-234851r622137_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-15-010420, Vuln-ID|V-234851

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 83e976a857afad8e81cab3910348cc78d8eb9d6facd1e6c425b382a373528f05