APPL-14-001031 - The macOS system must configure audit failure notification.

Information

The audit service must be configured to immediately print messages to the console or email administrator users when an auditing failure occurs.

It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be made aware immediately if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without a real-time alert, security personnel may be unaware of a potentially harmful failure in the auditing system's capability, and system operation may be adversely affected.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000047-GPOS-00023,SRG-OS-000344-GPOS-00135

Solution

Configure the macOS system to produce audit failure notification with the following command:

/usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/logger -p/logger -s -p/' /etc/security/audit_warn; /usr/sbin/audit -s

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_macOS_14_V1R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-5(2), 800-53|AU-5b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000140, CCI|CCI-001858, Rule-ID|SV-259469r941029_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-14-001031, Vuln-ID|V-259469

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 5c362794ccc3b42a44eb9898c57dc8a51932961452c47fa72525db8fdcd34426