STIGQter: STIG Summary: Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 9 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

OL 8 must authenticate the remote logging server for offloading audit logs.

DISA Rule

SV-248817r1069157_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-248817

Group Title

SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133

Rule Version

OL08-00-030720

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001851 - Transfer audit logs per organization-defined frequency to a different system, system component, or media than the system or system component conducting the logging.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the operating system to authenticate the remote logging server for off-loading audit logs by setting the following option in "/etc/rsyslog.conf" or "/etc/rsyslog.d/[customfile].conf":

$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name

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Verify the operating system authenticates the remote logging server for offloading audit logs with the following command:

$ sudo grep -i '$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode' /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf

/etc/rsyslog.conf:$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name

If the value of the "$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode" option is not set to "x509/name" or the line is commented out, ask the system administrator to indicate how the audit logs are offloaded to a different system or media.

If the variable name "StreamDriverAuthMode" is present in an omfwd statement block, this is not a finding. However, if the "StreamDriverAuthMode" variable is in a module block, this is a finding.

If there is no evidence that the transfer of the audit logs being offloaded to another system or media is encrypted, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-248817

Documentable

False

Rule Version

OL08-00-030720

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the operating system authenticates the remote logging server for offloading audit logs with the following command:

$ sudo grep -i '$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode' /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf

/etc/rsyslog.conf:$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name

If the value of the "$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode" option is not set to "x509/name" or the line is commented out, ask the system administrator to indicate how the audit logs are offloaded to a different system or media.

If the variable name "StreamDriverAuthMode" is present in an omfwd statement block, this is not a finding. However, if the "StreamDriverAuthMode" variable is in a module block, this is a finding.

If there is no evidence that the transfer of the audit logs being offloaded to another system or media is encrypted, this is a finding.

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Target Key

5416