Vulnerability Discussion
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.
Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000473-GPOS-00218
Check
Verify the operating system generates audit records when unsuccessful account access events occur.
Check the file system rule in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following commands:
# grep -i /var/run/faillock /etc/audit/audit.rules
-w /var/run/faillock -p wa -k logins
If the command does not return any output, this is a finding.
Fix
Configure the operating system to generate audit records when unsuccessful account access events occur.
Add or update the following rule in "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":
-w /var/run/faillock -p wa -k logins
The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.