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RHEL-09-653060 RHEL 9 must label all offloaded audit logs before sending them to the central log server.

DISA STIG library V2R10
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to AU-3, AU-4(1) via CCI-000132, CCI-001851

Title

RHEL 9 must label all offloaded audit logs before sending them to the central log server.

Control

Verify that RHEL 9 Audit Daemon is configured to label all offloaded audit logs, with the following command: $ sudo grep name_format /etc/audit/auditd.conf name_format = hostname If the "name_format" option is not "hostname", "fqd", or "numeric", or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Discussion

Enriched logging is needed to determine who, what, and when events occur on a system. Without this, determining root cause of an event will be much more difficult. When audit logs are not labeled before they are sent to a central log server, the audit data will not be able to be analyzed and tied back to the correct system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017, SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

Related controls

CCI-000132, CCI-001851

Fix

Edit the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file and add or update the "name_format" option: name_format = hostname The audit daemon must be restarted for changes to take effect.