HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R8

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 22 2016

The audit system must be configured to audit account modification.

HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The audit system must be configured to audit account modification.

Description

Discussion Text

If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

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Objective

V-22377

Rule

SV-29675r1_rule

Severity

low

Rule Version

GEN002751

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the auditing configuration of the system.
# grep -i audevent_args1 /etc/rc.config.d/auditing | grep admin

If no results are returned, the system is not configured to audit administrative actions, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Edit /etc/rc.config.d/auditing and add -e admin to the end of the AUDEVENT_ARGS1 parameter.

STIG check 145 of 534 in the HP-UX 11.23 STIG checklist

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