The Photon operating system must allocate audit record storage capacity to store audit records when audit records are not immediately sent to a central audit record storage facility.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-258844 | PHTN-40-000110 | SV-258844r958752_rule | Low |
| Description |
| Audit logs are most useful when accessible by date, rather than size. This can be accomplished through a combination of an audit log rotation and setting a reasonable number of logs to keep. This ensures that audit logs are accessible to the ISSO in the event of a central log processing failure. |
| STIG | Date |
| VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-07-11 |
Details
| Check Text (C-62584r933591_chk) |
| At the command line, run the following command to verify auditd is configured to keep a number of audit logs in the event of a central log processing failure: # grep -E "^num_logs|^max_log_file_action" /etc/audit/auditd.conf Example result: num_logs = 5 max_log_file_action = ROTATE If "num_logs" is not configured to "5" or greater, this is a finding. If "max_log_file_action" is not configured to "ROTATE", this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-62493r933592_fix) |
| Navigate to and open: /etc/audit/auditd.conf Ensure the following lines are present, not duplicated, and not commented: num_logs = 5 max_log_file_action = ROTATE At the command line, run the following command: # pkill -SIGHUP auditd |