The operating system must ensure remote sessions for accessing an organization-defined list of security functions and security-relevant information are audited.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-001454

SV-65635r1_rule The operating system must ensure remote sessions for accessing an organization-defined list of security functions and security-relevant information are audited.

Vulnerability discussion

Remote access is any access to an organizational operating system by a user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access to security functions (e.g., user management, audit log management, etc.) and security-relevant information requires the activity be audited by the organization. Any operating system providing remote access must support organizational requirements to audit access or organization-defined security functions and security-relevant information.

Check content

In order to view the currently configured flags for the audit daemon, run the following command: sudo grep ^flags /etc/security/audit_control | sed 's/flags://' | tr "," "\n" | grep nt The network are logged by way of the "nt" flag. If "nt" is not listed in the result of the check, this is a finding.

Fix text

To make sure the appropriate flags are enabled for auditing, run the following command: sudo sed -i.bak '/^flags/ s/$/,nt/' /etc/security/audit_control

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