The audit system must take appropriate action when the network cannot be used to off-load audit records.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-217200 | SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224 | SLES-12-020100 | SV-217200r959008_rule | 2024-11-25 | 3 |
| Description |
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| Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify what action the audit system takes if it cannot off-load audit records to a different system or storage media from the SUSE operating system being audited. Check the action that the audit system takes in the event of a network failure with the following command: # sudo grep -i "network_failure_action" /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf network_failure_action = syslog If the "network_failure_action" option is not set to "syslog", "single", or "halt" or the line is commented out, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the SUSE operating system to take the appropriate action if it cannot off-load audit records to a different system or storage media from the system being audited due to a network failure. Uncomment the "network_failure_action" option in "/etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf" and set it to "syslog", "single", or "halt". See the example below: network_failure_action = syslog |