SV-274115r1120333: Amazon Linux 2023 must produce audit records containing information to establish the identity of any individual or process associated with the event. | Amazon Linux 2023 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Amazon Linux 2023 must produce audit records containing information to establish the identity of any individual or process associated with the event.

Description

Discussion Text

Without information that establishes the identity of the subjects (i.e., users or processes acting on behalf of users) associated with the events, security personnel cannot determine responsibility for the potentially harmful event.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001487

References

DPMS Target Amazon Linux 2023 DISA DPMS Target Amazon Linux 2023 5700

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.amzlx23os:def:274115
# Amazon Linux 2023 must produce audit records containing information to establish the identity of any individual or process associated with the event.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# /etc/audit/auditd.conf: log_format = enriched
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_1() {
  (sed -En 's/(?i)^\s*log_format\s*=\s*(\w+)\s*(?:#.*)?$/\1/p' '/etc/audit/auditd.conf') | grep -Pq '(?i)^enriched$'
}

if test_1; then
  echo "PASS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

Assessment Script Powered by AISandbox-executed

A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.

Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.

#!/bin/sh
# oval:mil.disa.stig.amzlx23os:def:274115
if [ ! -f "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
if grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*log_format[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*enriched[[:space:]]*$" /etc/audit/auditd.conf; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; else echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi

Remediation

Configure Amazon Linux 2023 so that the audit system resolves audit information before writing to disk.

Edit the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file and add or update the "log_format" option:

log_format = ENRICHED

The audit daemon must be restarted for changes to take effect.