STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 09 Mar 2021:

The Photon operating system audit log must log space limit problems to syslog.

DISA Rule

SV-239085r675063_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239085

Group Title

SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000013

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000139 - The information system alerts designated organization-defined personnel or roles in the event of an audit processing failure.
• CCI-001858 - The information system provides a real-time alert in an organization-defined real-time period to organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations when organization-defined audit failure events requiring real-time alerts occur.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Open /etc/audit/auditd.conf with a text editor.

Ensure that the "space_left_action" line is uncommented and set to the following:

space_left_action = SYSLOG

At the command line, execute the following command:

# service auditd reload

Check Contents

At the command line, execute the following command:

# grep "^space_left_action" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Expected result:

space_left_action = SYSLOG

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-239085

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000013

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, execute the following command:

# grep "^space_left_action" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Expected result:

space_left_action = SYSLOG

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5323

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