The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must configure the au-remote plugin to off-load audit logs using the audisp-remote daemon.

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001851

SV-95729r1_rule The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must configure the au-remote plugin to off-load audit logs using the audisp-remote daemon.

Vulnerability discussion

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.Without the configuration of the "au-remote" plugin, the audisp-remote daemon will not off load the logs from the system being audited.Satisfies: SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

Check content

Verify the "au-remote" plugin is configured to always off-load audit logs using the audisp-remote daemon: # cat /etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-remote.conf | grep -v "^#" active = yes direction = out path = /sbin/audisp-remote type = always format = string If the "direction" setting is not set to "out", or the line is commented out, this is a finding. If the "path" setting is not set to "/sbin/audisp-remote", or the line is commented out, this is a finding. If the "type" setting is not set to "always", or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit the /etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-remote.conf file and add or update the following values: direction = out path = /sbin/audisp-remote type = always The audit daemon must be restarted for changes to take effect: # service auditd restart

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