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 space limit problems to syslog.

DISA Rule

SV-256529r971542_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256529

Group Title

SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134

Rule Version

PHTN-30-000057

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

CCI-001855 - Provide a warning to organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations within an organization-defined time period when allocated audit log storage volume reaches an organization-defined percentage of repository maximum audit log storage capacity.

Weight

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/audit/auditd.conf

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

space_left = 75

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 "^space_left " /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Expected result:

space_left = 75

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

Vulnerability Number

V-256529

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-30-000057

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following command:

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

Expected result:

space_left = 75

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

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5520