STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 3 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must take appropriate action when the remote logging buffer is full.

DISA Rule

SV-204507r603261_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-204507

Group Title

SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133

Rule Version

RHEL-07-030210

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001851 - The information system off-loads audit records per organization-defined frequency onto a different system or media than the system being audited.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Edit the /etc/audisp/audispd.conf file and add or update the "overflow_action" option:

overflow_action = syslog

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

# service auditd restart

Check Contents

Verify the audisp daemon is configured to take an appropriate action when the internal queue is full:

# grep "overflow_action" /etc/audisp/audispd.conf

overflow_action = syslog

If the "overflow_action" option is not "syslog", "single", or "halt", or the line is commented out, ask the System Administrator to indicate how the audit logs are off-loaded to a different system or storage media, and to indicate what action that system takes when the internal queue is full.

If there is no evidence the system is configured to off-load audit logs to a different system or storage media or, if the configuration does not take appropriate action when the internal queue is full, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-204507

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-07-030210

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the audisp daemon is configured to take an appropriate action when the internal queue is full:

# grep "overflow_action" /etc/audisp/audispd.conf

overflow_action = syslog

If the "overflow_action" option is not "syslog", "single", or "halt", or the line is commented out, ask the System Administrator to indicate how the audit logs are off-loaded to a different system or storage media, and to indicate what action that system takes when the internal queue is full.

If there is no evidence the system is configured to off-load audit logs to a different system or storage media or, if the configuration does not take appropriate action when the internal queue is full, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2899

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