STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The auditd service must be running in RHEL 8.

DISA Rule

SV-230297r627750_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230297

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010560

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Start the auditd service, and enable the auditd service with the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl start auditd.service

$ sudo systemctl enable auditd.service

Check Contents

Verify the audit service is enabled and active with the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl is-enabled auditd

enabled

$ sudo systemctl is-active auditd

active

If the service is not "enabled" and "active" this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230297

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010560

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the audit service is enabled and active with the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl is-enabled auditd

enabled

$ sudo systemctl is-active auditd

active

If the service is not "enabled" and "active" this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2921

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