Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V3 · R7

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

The audit system must support an audit reduction capability.

Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The audit system must support an audit reduction capability.

Description

Discussion Text

Using the audit system will utilize the audit reduction capability. Without an audit reduction capability, users find it difficult to identify specific patterns of attack.

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Objective

V-219988

Rule

SV-219988r958768_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-010060

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

The Audit Configuration profile is required.

This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this check applies.

Check the status of the audit system. It must be auditing.

# pfexec auditconfig -getcond

If this command does not report:

audit condition = auditing

this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

The Audit Control profile is required.

This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this action applies.

If auditing has been disabled, it must be enabled with the following command:

# pfexec audit -s

STIG check 186 of 214 in the Solaris 11 X86 STIG checklist

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