The audit system must be configured to audit account termination.

From Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001405

SV-64273r1_rule The audit system must be configured to audit account termination.

Vulnerability discussion

If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

Check content

Determine if execution of the userdel and groupdel executable are audited. # auditctl -l | egrep '(userdel|groupdel)' If either userdel or groupdel are not listed with a permissions filter of at least 'x', this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure execute auditing of the userdel and groupdel executables. Add the following to the audit.rules file: -w /usr/sbin/userdel -p x -w /usr/sbin/groupdel -p x Restart the auditd service.

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