UBTU-20-010432 - The Ubuntu operating system must be configured to preserve log records from failure events.

Information

Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure of the information system or a component of the system.

Preserving operating system state information helps to facilitate operating system restart and return to the operational mode of the organization with least disruption to mission/business processes.

Solution

Configure the log service to collect failure events.

Install the log service (if the log service is not already installed) with the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install rsyslog

Enable the log service with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now rsyslog

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_20-04_LTS_V1R12_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-24, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001665, Rule-ID|SV-238353r654234_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-20-010432, Vuln-ID|V-238353

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 8cfb980e2fbf41fcc67152d0c7521aeb8453f5e755821793e5a24841c0e7c994