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V-281151

CAT II (Medium)

RHEL 10 must generate audit records for successful and unsuccessful uses of the shutdown command.

Rule ID

SV-281151r1166405_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000172

Discussion

Misuse of the shutdown command may cause availability issues for the system.

Check Content

Verify RHEL 10 is configured to audit the execution of the "shutdown" command with the following command:

$ sudo cat /etc/audit/rules.d/* | grep shutdown
-a always,exit -S all -F path=/usr/sbin/shutdown -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=privileged-shutdown

If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to generate audit records upon successful and unsuccessful uses of the "shutdown" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/shutdown -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-shutdown

Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:

$ sudo service auditd restart