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V-268163

CAT II (Medium)

NixOS must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.

Rule ID

SV-268163r1131131_rule

STIG

Anduril NixOS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000172 CCI-000135

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-000463-GPOS-00207, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219

Check Content

Verify the NixOS generates audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur with the following command:

$ sudo auditctl -l | grep xattr

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S setxattr,fsetxattr,lsetxattr,removexattr,fremovexattr,lremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -k perm_mod
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S setxattr,fsetxattr,lsetxattr,removexattr,fremovexattr,lremovexattr -F auid=0 -k perm_mod
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S setxattr,fsetxattr,lsetxattr,removexattr,fremovexattr,lremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -k perm_mod
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S setxattr,fsetxattr,lsetxattr,removexattr,fremovexattr,lremovexattr -F auid=0 -k perm_mod

If the command does not return an audit rule for "setxattr", "fsetxattr", "lsetxattr", "removexattr", "fremovexattr", and "lremovexattr", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure NixOS to log attempts to modify security objects.

Add the following Nix code to the NixOS Configuration, usually located in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix or /etc/nixos/flake.nix:

 security.audit.rules = [
  "-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S setxattr,fsetxattr,lsetxattr,removexattr,fremovexattr,lremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -k perm_mod"
  "-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S setxattr,fsetxattr,lsetxattr,removexattr,fremovexattr,lremovexattr -F auid=0 -k perm_mod"
  "-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S setxattr,fsetxattr,lsetxattr,removexattr,fremovexattr,lremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -k perm_mod"
  "-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S setxattr,fsetxattr,lsetxattr,removexattr,fremovexattr,lremovexattr -F auid=0 -k perm_mod"
 ];

Rebuild and switch to the new NixOS configuration:
$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch