VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R6

CurrentPublished Wed Jul 26 2023 What changed in V1R6

The Photon operating system must ensure audit events are flushed to disk at proper intervals.

VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The Photon operating system must ensure audit events are flushed to disk at proper intervals.

Description

Discussion Text

Without setting a balance between performance and ensuring all audit events are written to disk, performance of the system may suffer or the risk of missing audit entries may be too high.

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Objective

V-239149

Rule

SV-239149r675255_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000078

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

At the command line, execute the following command:

# grep -E "freq|flush" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Expected result:

flush = INCREMENTAL_ASYNC
freq = 50

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Open /etc/audit/auditd.conf with a text editor.

Ensure that the line below is present and any existing "flush" and "freq" settings are removed.

flush = INCREMENTAL_ASYNC
freq = 50

STIG check 78 of 124 in the VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS STIG checklist

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