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 keep five rotated log files.

DISA Rule

SV-256527r958752_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256527

Group Title

SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132

Rule Version

PHTN-30-000055

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001849 - Allocate audit log storage capacity to accommodate organization-defined audit record retention requirements.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/audit/auditd.conf

Add or change the "num_logs" line as follows:

num_logs = 5

At the command line, run the following commands:

# killproc auditd -TERM
# systemctl start auditd

Check Contents

At the command line, run the following command:

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

Expected result:

num_logs = 5

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

Vulnerability Number

V-256527

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-30-000055

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following command:

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

Expected result:

num_logs = 5

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

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Target Key

5520