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 must configure auditd to keep five rotated log files.

DISA Rule

SV-239128r675192_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239128

Group Title

SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000057

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001849 - The organization allocates audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Open /etc/audit/auditd.conf with a text editor. Add or change the "num_logs" line as follows:

num_logs = 5

At the command line, execute the following command:

# service auditd reload

Check Contents

At the command line, execute the following command:

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

Expected result:

num_logs = 5

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

Vulnerability Number

V-239128

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000057

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, execute the following command:

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

Expected result:

num_logs = 5

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

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5323

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