STIGQter: STIG Summary: Amazon Linux 2023 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

Amazon Linux 2023 must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.

DISA Rule

SV-274018r1120042_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-274018

Group Title

SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015

Rule Version

AZLX-23-001030

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-000169 - Provide audit record generation capability for the event types the system is capable of auditing as defined in AU-2 a. on organization-defined information system components.
CCI-000135 - Generate audit records containing the organization-defined additional information that is to be included in the audit records.
CCI-000154 - Provide the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system.
CCI-000158 - Provide the capability to process, sort, and search audit records for events of interest based on organization-defined audit fields within audit records.
CCI-001876 - Provide an audit reduction capability that supports on-demand reporting requirements.
CCI-001464 - Initiates session audits automatically at system start-up.
CCI-001487 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes the identity of any individuals, subjects, or objects/entities associated with the event.
CCI-001914 - Provide the capability for organization-defined individuals or roles to change the logging to be performed on organization-defined system components based on organization-defined selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds.
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-001880 - Provide a report generation capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents.
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-001889 - Record time stamps for audit records that meet organization-defined granularity of time measurement.
CCI-003938 - Automatically generate audit records of the enforcement actions.
CCI-002884 - Log organization-defined audit events for nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions.
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-004188 - Monitor the use of maintenance tools that execute with increased privilege.

Weight

Fix Recommendation

Configure Amazon Linux 2023 so that the audit service to produce audit records containing the information needed to establish when an event occurred with the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl enable auditd.service

$ sudo systemctl start auditd.service

Check Contents

Verify Amazon Linux 2023 is configured to produce audit records with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl status auditd.service
auditd.service - Security Auditing Service
Loaded:loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2024-01-131 12:56:56 EST; 1 weeks 0 days ago

If the audit service is not "active" and "running", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-274018

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AZLX-23-001030

Severity Override Guidance

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5700