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 a cron job to rotate auditd logs daily.

DISA Rule

SV-239130r675198_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239130

Group Title

SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000059

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

If /etc/cron.daily/audit-rotate does not exist, run the following commands:

# touch /etc/cron.daily/audit-rotate
# chown root:root /etc/cron.daily/audit-rotate
# chmod 0700 /etc/cron.daily/audit-rotate

Open /etc/cron.daily/audit-rotate with a text editor.

Set its contents as follows:

#!/bin/bash
service auditd rotate

Check Contents

At the command line, execute the following command:

# cat /etc/cron.daily/audit-rotate

Expected result:

#!/bin/bash
service auditd rotate

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

Vulnerability Number

V-239130

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000059

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, execute the following command:

# cat /etc/cron.daily/audit-rotate

Expected result:

#!/bin/bash
service auditd rotate

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

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5323

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