The HPE 3PAR OS must be configured to send SNMP alerts to alert in the event of an audit processing failure.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-255275	SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022	HP3P-33-001300	SV-255275r958424_rule	2024-08-27	2

Description
It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and system operation may be adversely affected. The HPE 3PAR OS will send an SNMP trap event on any failure of audit components (failure to write a record, failure to send to remote syslog server, etc.). All of these conditions are automatically recovered Q20 in the short term. Configuration of the SNMP consumer is required to facilitate collection of these events.

Description

It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and system operation may be adversely affected. The HPE 3PAR OS will send an SNMP trap event on any failure of audit components (failure to write a record, failure to send to remote syslog server, etc.). All of these conditions are automatically recovered Q20 in the short term. Configuration of the SNMP consumer is required to facilitate collection of these events.

ℹ️ Check
Verify an SNMPv3 user account is configured: cli% showsnmpuser Username \| AuthProtocol \| PrivProtocol 3parsnmpuser \| HMAC SHA 96 \| CFB128 AES 128 If the output is not displayed in the above format, this is a finding. Identify the SNMP trap recipient and report SNMP configuration: cli% showsnmpmgr HostIP \| Port \| SNMPVersion \| User <snmp trap recipient IP> \| 162 \| 3 \| 3parsnmpuser If the SNMP trap recipient IP address is incorrect, this is a finding. If the SNMP port is not "162", this is a finding. If the SNMP version is not "3", this is a finding. If the SNMP user ID is incorrect, this is a finding. Generate a test trap: cli% checksnmp Trap sent to the following managers: < IP address of trap recipient> If the response does not indicate a trap was successfully sent, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify an SNMPv3 user account is configured: cli% showsnmpuser Username | AuthProtocol | PrivProtocol 3parsnmpuser | HMAC SHA 96 | CFB128 AES 128 If the output is not displayed in the above format, this is a finding. Identify the SNMP trap recipient and report SNMP configuration: cli% showsnmpmgr HostIP | Port | SNMPVersion | User <snmp trap recipient IP> | 162 | 3 | 3parsnmpuser If the SNMP trap recipient IP address is incorrect, this is a finding. If the SNMP port is not "162", this is a finding. If the SNMP version is not "3", this is a finding. If the SNMP user ID is incorrect, this is a finding. Generate a test trap: cli% checksnmp Trap sent to the following managers: < IP address of trap recipient> If the response does not indicate a trap was successfully sent, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
To configure SNMPv3 alert notifications, use this sequence of operations. Create and enable an SNMPv3 user, and create associated keys for authentication and privacy: cli% createuser 3parsnmpuser all browse Enter the password and confirm cli% createsnmpuser 3parsnmpuser at the prompt, enter the password at the next prompt, re-enter the password. Add the IP address of the SNMPv3 trap recipient, where permissions of the account are used: cli% addsnmpmgr -version 3 -snmpuser 3parsnmpuser <ip address>

✔️ Fix

To configure SNMPv3 alert notifications, use this sequence of operations. Create and enable an SNMPv3 user, and create associated keys for authentication and privacy: cli% createuser 3parsnmpuser all browse Enter the password and confirm cli% createsnmpuser 3parsnmpuser at the prompt, enter the password at the next prompt, re-enter the password. Add the IP address of the SNMPv3 trap recipient, where permissions of the account are used: cli% addsnmpmgr -version 3 -snmpuser 3parsnmpuser <ip address>