RHEL 9 audit system must protect logon UIDs from unauthorized change.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-258228 | SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206 | RHEL-09-654270 | SV-258228r991572_rule | 2025-02-27 | 2 |
| Description |
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| If modification of login user identifiers (UIDs) is not prevented, they can be changed by nonprivileged users and make auditing complicated or impossible. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000475-GPOS-00220, SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029 |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify the audit system prevents unauthorized changes to logon UIDs with the following command: $ sudo grep -i immutable /etc/audit/audit.rules --loginuid-immutable If the "--loginuid-immutable" option is not returned in the "/etc/audit/audit.rules", or the line is commented out, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure RHEL 9 auditing to prevent modification of login UIDs once they are set by adding the following line to /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules: --loginuid-immutable The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect. |