STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 30 Jan 2025:

The Photon operating system must configure auditd to log to disk.

DISA Rule

SV-256487r958412_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256487

Group Title

SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015

Rule Version

PHTN-30-000010

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000130 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes what type of 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.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/audit/auditd.conf

Ensure the "write_logs" line is uncommented and set to the following:

write_logs = yes

At the command line, run the following command:

# killproc auditd -TERM
# systemctl start auditd

Check Contents

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep "^write_logs" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Expected result:

write_logs = yes

If there is no output, this is not a finding.

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-256487

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-30-000010

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep "^write_logs" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Expected result:

write_logs = yes

If there is no output, this is not a finding.

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5520