The audit system must identify staff members to receive notifications of audit log storage volume capacity issues.

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000139

SV-50481r1_rule The audit system must identify staff members to receive notifications of audit log storage volume capacity issues.

Vulnerability discussion

Email sent to the root account is typically aliased to the administrators of the system, who can take appropriate action.

Check content

Inspect "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" and locate the following line to determine if the system is configured to send email to an account when it needs to notify an administrator: action_mail_acct = root If auditd is not configured to send emails per identified actions, this is a finding.

Fix text

The "auditd" service can be configured to send email to a designated account in certain situations. Add or correct the following line in "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" to ensure that administrators are notified via email for those situations: action_mail_acct = root

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