SLEM 5 must offload audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-261416 | SLEM-05-653040 | SV-261416r996660_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. |
| STIG | Date |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 |
Details
| Check Text (C-65145r996658_chk) |
| Verify what action the audit system takes if it cannot offload audit records to a different system or storage media from SLEM 5 being audited. Check the action that the audit system takes in the event of a network failure with the following command: > sudo grep -i "network_failure_action" /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf network_failure_action = syslog If the "network_failure_action" option is not set to "syslog", "single", or "halt" or the line is commented out, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-65053r996659_fix) |
| Configure SLEM 5 to take the appropriate action if it cannot offload audit records to a different system or storage media from the system being audited due to a network failure. Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf" file: network_failure_action = syslog |