Vulnerability Discussion

If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches 75 percent usage, they are unable to plan for audit record storage capacity expansion.

Check

Verify AlmaLinux OS 9 takes action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 95 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity with the following command:

$ grep -w admin_space_left /etc/audit/auditd.conf

admin_space_left = 5%

If the value of the "admin_space_left" keyword is not set to 5 percent of the storage volume allocated to audit logs, or if the line is commented out, ask the system administrator (SA) to indicate how the system is taking action if the allocated storage is about to reach capacity. If the "space_left" value is not configured to the correct value, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to initiate an action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 95 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity by adding/modifying the following line in the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file.

admin_space_left = 5%