AlmaLinux OS 9 must authenticate the remote logging server for offloading audit logs via rsyslog.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-269513 | ALMA-09-052600 | SV-269513r1050396_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. |
| STIG | Date |
| CloudLinux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-22 |
Details
| Check Text (C-73544r1049896_chk) |
| Verify AlmaLinux OS 9 authenticates the remote logging server for offloading audit logs with the following command: $ grep -i '$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode' /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/stig.conf:$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name If the value of the "$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode" option is not set to "x509/name" or the line is commented out, ask the system administrator (SA) to indicate how the audit logs are offloaded to a different system or media. If there is no evidence that the transfer of the audit logs being offloaded to another system or media is encrypted, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-73445r1049897_fix) |
| Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to authenticate the remote logging server for offloading audit logs by setting the following option in "/etc/rsyslog.conf" or "/etc/rsyslog.d/[customfile].conf": $ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name |