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 audit all uses of the mount command and syscall.

DISA Rule

SV-204552r603261_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-204552

Group Title

SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020

Rule Version

RHEL-07-030740

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000135 - The information system generates audit records containing the organization-defined additional, more detailed information that is to be included in the audit records.
• CCI-002884 - The organization audits nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions^ organization-defined audit events.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the operating system to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "mount" command and syscall occur.

Add or update the following rules in "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-mount
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-mount
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-mount

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

Check Contents

Verify the operating system generates audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "mount" command and syscall occur.

Check that the following system call is being audited by performing the following series of commands to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules":

# grep -iw "mount" /etc/audit/audit.rules

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-mount
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-mount
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-mount

If both the "b32" and "b64" audit rules are not defined for the "mount" syscall, this is a finding.

If all uses of the "mount" command are not being audited, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-204552

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-07-030740

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the operating system generates audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "mount" command and syscall occur.

Check that the following system call is being audited by performing the following series of commands to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules":

# grep -iw "mount" /etc/audit/audit.rules

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-mount
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-mount
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-mount

If both the "b32" and "b64" audit rules are not defined for the "mount" syscall, this is a finding.

If all uses of the "mount" command are not being audited, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2899

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