TOSS audit records must contain information to establish what type of events occurred, when the events occurred, the source of events, where events occurred, and the outcome of events.
DISA Rule
SV-252973r1016309_rule
Vulnerability Number
V-252973
Group Title
SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015
Rule Version
TOSS-04-030010
Severity
CAT II
CCI(s)
- CCI-000130 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes what type of event occurred.
- CCI-000131 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes when the event occurred.
- CCI-000132 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes where the event occurred.
- CCI-000133 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes the source of the event.
- CCI-000134 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes the outcome of the event.
- CCI-000135 - Generate audit records containing the organization-defined additional information that is to be included in the audit records.
- CCI-000140 - Take organization-defined actions upon audit failure include, shutting down the system, overwriting oldest audit records, and stopping the generation of audit records.
- CCI-000154 - Provide the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system.
- CCI-000172 - Generate audit records for the event types defined in AU-2 c that include the audit record content defined in AU-3.
- CCI-001405 - Automatically audit account removal actions.
- CCI-001464 - Initiates session audits automatically at system start-up.
- CCI-003938 - Automatically generate audit records of the enforcement actions.
- 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.
- CCI-001875 - Provide an audit reduction capability that supports on-demand audit review and analysis.
- CCI-001877 - Provide an audit reduction capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of incidents.
- CCI-001878 - Provide a report generation capability that supports on-demand audit review and analysis.
- CCI-001879 - Provide a report generation capability that supports on-demand reporting requirements.
- CCI-001881 - Provide an audit reduction capability that does not alter original content or time ordering of audit records.
- CCI-001882 - Provide a report generation capability that does not alter original content or time ordering of audit records.
- CCI-002234 - Log the execution of privileged functions.
Weight
10
Fix Recommendation
Configure the audit service to produce audit records containing the information needed to establish when (date and time) an event occurred.
Install the audit service (if the audit service is not already installed) with the following command:
$ sudo yum install audit
Enable the audit service with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable auditd.service
Start the audit service with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl start auditd.service
Check Contents
Verify the audit service is configured to produce audit records.
Check that the audit service is installed properly with the following command:
$ sudo yum list installed audit
If the "audit" package is not installed, this is a finding.
Check that the audit service is properly running and active on the system with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl is-active auditd.service
active
If the command above returns "inactive", this is a finding.
Vulnerability Number
V-252973
Documentable
False
Rule Version
TOSS-04-030010
Severity Override Guidance
Verify the audit service is configured to produce audit records.
Check that the audit service is installed properly with the following command:
$ sudo yum list installed audit
If the "audit" package is not installed, this is a finding.
Check that the audit service is properly running and active on the system with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl is-active auditd.service
active
If the command above returns "inactive", this is a finding.
Check Content Reference
M
Target Key
5469
STIGQter: STIG Summary: Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 6 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026: