SV-35206r2: The system's access control program must log each system’s access attempt. | HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system's access control program must log each system’s access attempt.

Description

Discussion Text

If access attempts are not logged, then multiple attempts to log on to the system by an unauthorized user may go undetected.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000126

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

IA Controls

ECAR-2, ECAR-1, ECAR-3

References

DPMS Target HP-UX 11.23 DISA DPMS Target HP-UX 11.23 2170

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.fso.hpux11:def:374
# The system's access control program must log each system’s access attempt.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# mail logging configured
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_1() {
  grep -Pq '^[^#

]*mail[.](debug|info|[*])' '/etc/syslog.conf' &>/dev/null
}

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 Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.hpux11:def:374
path="/etc/syslog.conf"
if [ ! -f "$path" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
grep "^[^#\n\r]*mail[.](debug|info|[*])$" "$path" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; else echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi

Remediation

Configure the access restriction program to log every access attempt. Ensure the implementation instructions for TCP_WRAPPERS are followed so logging of system access attempts is logged into the system log files. If an alternate application is used, it must support this function.