SV-38429r2: The HP-UX AUDOMON_ARGS attribute must be explicitly initialized. | HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The HP-UX AUDOMON_ARGS attribute must be explicitly initialized.

Description

Discussion Text

The minimal set of auditing requirements necessary to collect useful forensics data and provide user help when violations are detected must be configured.

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.

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:4

if [ ! -d "/etc/rc.config.d" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
if [ ! -f "/etc/rc.config.d/auditing" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
grep "^[^\n\r#]*AUDOMON_ARGS[ \t]*=[ \t]*-p 20, -t 1, -w 90$" /etc/rc.config.d/auditing > /dev/null && echo "PASS" || echo "FAIL"
exit 0

Remediation

Edit the /etc/rc.config.d/auditing file and insert the following line:

AUDOMON_ARGS=“-p 20, -t 1, -w 90”

Restart auditing:
# /sbin/init.d/auditing stop
# /sbin/init.d/auditing start