The system syslog service must log informational and more severe SMTP service messages.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-000126

SV-39155r1_rule The system syslog service must log informational and more severe SMTP service messages.

Vulnerability discussion

If informational and more severe SMTP service messages are not logged, malicious activity on the system may go unnoticed.

Check content

Check the syslog configuration file for mail.crit logging configuration. The syslog.conf file critical mail logging option line will typically appear as one of the following examples: mail.crit /var/log/syslog *.crit /var/log/syslog mail.* /var/log/syslog Procedure: # more /etc/syslog.conf If syslog is not configured to log critical Sendmail messages, this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit the syslog.conf file and add a configuration line specifying an appropriate destination for mail.crit syslogs.

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