STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The SUSE operating system must not disable syscall auditing.

DISA Rule

SV-234981r622137_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-234981

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

SLES-15-030820

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Remove the "-a task,never" rule from the /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules file.

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

> sudo systemctl restart auditd.service

Check Contents

Verify syscall auditing has not been disabled:

> auditctl -l | grep -i "a task,never"

If any results are returned, this is a finding.

Verify the default rule "-a task,never" is not statically defined :

> grep -rv "^#" /etc/audit/rules.d/ | grep -i "a task,never"

If any results are returned, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-234981

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SLES-15-030820

Severity Override Guidance

Verify syscall auditing has not been disabled:

> auditctl -l | grep -i "a task,never"

If any results are returned, this is a finding.

Verify the default rule "-a task,never" is not statically defined :

> grep -rv "^#" /etc/audit/rules.d/ | grep -i "a task,never"

If any results are returned, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5274

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