STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 31 Oct 2023:

The Photon operating system must ensure audit events are flushed to disk at proper intervals.

DISA Rule

SV-258855r933626_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-258855

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

PHTN-40-000186

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/audit/auditd.conf

Add or update the following lines:

flush = INCREMENTAL_ASYNC
freq = 50

At the command line, run the following command:

# pkill -SIGHUP auditd

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At the command line, run the following command to verify auditd is configured to flush audit events to disk regularly:

# grep -E "freq|flush" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Example result:

flush = INCREMENTAL_ASYNC
freq = 50

If "flush" is not set to "INCREMENTAL_ASYNC", this is a finding.
If "freq" is not set to "50", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-258855

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-40-000186

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following command to verify auditd is configured to flush audit events to disk regularly:

# grep -E "freq|flush" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Example result:

flush = INCREMENTAL_ASYNC
freq = 50

If "flush" is not set to "INCREMENTAL_ASYNC", this is a finding.
If "freq" is not set to "50", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5569