SV-35189r1: The system must use a remote syslog server (loghost). | HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must use a remote syslog server (loghost).

Description

Discussion Text

A syslog server (loghost) receives syslog messages from one or more systems. This data can be used as an authoritative log source in the event a system is compromised and its local logs are suspect.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000136

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

IA Controls

ECAT-1

References

DPMS Target HP-UX 11.31 DISA DPMS Target HP-UX 11.31 2171

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:301
# The system must use a remote syslog server (loghost).
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Conditions are satisfied
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_1() {
  grep -Pq '[ 	

]*([a-zA-Z0-9*]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9*]+;?)+[ 	

]+@[-a-zA-Z0-9.]+' '/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:301
if [ -f "/etc/syslog.conf" ]; then
    grep -q "^[ \t\n\r]*([a-zA-Z0-9*]+\\.[a-zA-Z0-9*]+;?)+[ \t\n\r]+@[-a-zA-Z0-9.]+" /etc/syslog.conf && echo "PASS" && exit 0
else
    echo "FAIL" && exit 1
fi

Remediation

Edit the syslog configuration file and add an appropriate remote syslog server.