The audit-audispd-plugins must be installed on the SUSE operating system.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-217197	SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133	SLES-12-020070	SV-217197r958754_rule	2025-05-14	3

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.

ℹ️ Check
Verify that the "audit-audispd-plugins" package is installed on the SUSE operating system. Check that the "audit-audispd-plugins" package is installed on the SUSE operating system with the following command: # zypper se audit-audispd-plugins If the "audit-audispd-plugins" package is not installed, this is a finding. Verify the "au-remote" plugin is enabled with the following command: # grep -i active /etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-remote.conf active = yes If "active" is missing, commented out, or is not set to "yes", this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify that the "audit-audispd-plugins" package is installed on the SUSE operating system. Check that the "audit-audispd-plugins" package is installed on the SUSE operating system with the following command: # zypper se audit-audispd-plugins If the "audit-audispd-plugins" package is not installed, this is a finding. Verify the "au-remote" plugin is enabled with the following command: # grep -i active /etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-remote.conf active = yes If "active" is missing, commented out, or is not set to "yes", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Install the "audit-audispd-plugins" package on the SUSE operating system by running the following command: # sudo zypper install audit-audispd-plugins In /etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-remote.conf, change the value of "active" to "yes", or add "active = yes" if no such setting exists in the file.