Group
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora
Group contains 93 groups and 272 rules |
Group
System Settings
Group contains 55 groups and 191 rules |
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Contains rules that check correct system settings. |
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Installing and Maintaining Software
Group contains 6 groups and 16 rules |
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The following sections contain information on
security-relevant choices during the initial operating system
installation process and the setup of software
updates. |
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System and Software Integrity
Group contains 1 group and 7 rules |
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System and software integrity can be gained by installing antivirus, increasing
system encryption strength with FIPS, verifying installed software, enabling SELinux,
installing an Intrusion Prevention System, etc. However, installing or enabling integrity
checking tools cannot prevent intrusions, but they can detect that an intrusion
may have occurred. Requirements for integrity checking may be highly dependent on
the environment in which the system will be used. Snapshot-based approaches such
as AIDE may induce considerable overhead in the presence of frequent software updates. |
Group
System Cryptographic Policies
Group contains 7 rules |
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Linux has the capability to centrally configure cryptographic polices. The command
update-crypto-policies is used to set the policy applicable for the various
cryptographic back-ends, such as SSL/TLS libraries. The configured cryptographic
policies will be the default policy used by these backends unless the application
user configures them otherwise. When the system has been configured to use the
centralized cryptographic policies, the administrator is assured that any application
that utilizes the supported backends will follow a policy that adheres to the
configured profile.
Currently the supported backends are:
- GnuTLS library
- OpenSSL library
- NSS library
- OpenJDK
- Libkrb5
- BIND
- OpenSSH
Applications and languages which rely on any of these backends will follow the
system policies as well. Examples are apache httpd, nginx, php, and others. |
Rule
Configure BIND to use System Crypto Policy
[ref] | Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages.
BIND is supported by crypto policy, but the BIND configuration may be
set up to ignore it.
To check that Crypto Policies settings are configured correctly, ensure that the /etc/named.conf
includes the appropriate configuration:
In the options section of /etc/named.conf , make sure that the following line
is not commented out or superseded by later includes:
include "/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/bind.config"; | Rationale: | Overriding the system crypto policy makes the behavior of the BIND service violate expectations,
and makes system configuration more fragmented. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_configure_bind_crypto_policy | Identifiers and References | References:
CIP-003-8 R4.2, CIP-007-3 R5.1, SC-13, SC-12(2), SC-12(3), SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187, SRG-OS-000426-GPOS-00190 | |
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Rule
Configure System Cryptography Policy
[ref] | To configure the system cryptography policy to use ciphers only from the DEFAULT
policy, run the following command:
$ sudo update-crypto-policies --set DEFAULT
The rule checks if settings for selected crypto policy are configured as expected. Configuration files in the /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends are either symlinks to correct files provided by Crypto-policies package or they are regular files in case crypto policy customizations are applied.
Crypto policies may be customized by crypto policy modules, in which case it is delimited from the base policy using a colon. Warning:
The system needs to be rebooted for these changes to take effect. Warning:
System Crypto Modules must be provided by a vendor that undergoes
FIPS-140 certifications.
FIPS-140 is applicable to all Federal agencies that use
cryptographic-based security systems to protect sensitive information
in computer and telecommunication systems (including voice systems) as
defined in Section 5131 of the Information Technology Management Reform
Act of 1996, Public Law 104-106. This standard shall be used in
designing and implementing cryptographic modules that Federal
departments and agencies operate or are operated for them under
contract. See https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.140-2.pdf
To meet this, the system has to have cryptographic software provided by
a vendor that has undergone this certification. This means providing
documentation, test results, design information, and independent third
party review by an accredited lab. While open source software is
capable of meeting this, it does not meet FIPS-140 unless the vendor
submits to this process. | Rationale: | Centralized cryptographic policies simplify applying secure ciphers across an operating system and
the applications that run on that operating system. Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms
undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_configure_crypto_policy | Identifiers and References | References:
164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 1446, CIP-003-8 R4.2, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R7.1, AC-17(a), AC-17(2), CM-6(a), MA-4(6), SC-13, SC-12(2), SC-12(3), FCS_COP.1(1), FCS_COP.1(2), FCS_COP.1(3), FCS_COP.1(4), FCS_CKM.1, FCS_CKM.2, FCS_TLSC_EXT.1, SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173, SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174 | |
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Rule
Configure GnuTLS library to use DoD-approved TLS Encryption
[ref] | Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages.
GnuTLS is supported by system crypto policy, but the GnuTLS configuration may be
set up to ignore it.
To check that Crypto Policies settings are configured correctly, ensure that
/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/gnutls.config contains the following
line and is not commented out:
+VERS-ALL:-VERS-DTLS0.9:-VERS-SSL3.0:-VERS-TLS1.0:-VERS-TLS1.1:-VERS-DTLS1.0 | Rationale: | Overriding the system crypto policy makes the behavior of the GnuTLS
library violate expectations, and makes system configuration more
fragmented. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_configure_gnutls_tls_crypto_policy | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-001453, AC-17(2), SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093, SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187 | |
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Rule
Configure Kerberos to use System Crypto Policy
[ref] | Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages.
Kerberos is supported by crypto policy, but it's configuration may be
set up to ignore it.
To check that Crypto Policies settings for Kerberos are configured correctly, examine that there is a symlink at
/etc/krb5.conf.d/crypto-policies targeting /etc/cypto-policies/back-ends/krb5.config.
If the symlink exists, Kerberos is configured to use the system-wide crypto policy settings. | Rationale: | Overriding the system crypto policy makes the behavior of Kerberos violate expectations,
and makes system configuration more fragmented. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_configure_kerberos_crypto_policy | Identifiers and References | References:
0418, 1055, 1402, CIP-003-8 R4.2, CIP-007-3 R5.1, SC-13, SC-12(2), SC-12(3), SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061 | |
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Rule
Configure Libreswan to use System Crypto Policy
[ref] | Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages.
Libreswan is supported by system crypto policy, but the Libreswan configuration may be
set up to ignore it.
To check that Crypto Policies settings are configured correctly, ensure that the /etc/ipsec.conf
includes the appropriate configuration file.
In /etc/ipsec.conf , make sure that the following line
is not commented out or superseded by later includes:
include /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/libreswan.config | Rationale: | Overriding the system crypto policy makes the behavior of the Libreswan
service violate expectations, and makes system configuration more
fragmented. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_configure_libreswan_crypto_policy | Identifiers and References | References:
CIP-003-8 R4.2, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CM-6(a), MA-4(6), SC-13, SC-12(2), SC-12(3), FCS_IPSEC_EXT.1.4, FCS_IPSEC_EXT.1.6, Req-2.2, 2.2, SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014 | |
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Rule
Configure OpenSSL library to use System Crypto Policy
[ref] | Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages.
OpenSSL is supported by crypto policy, but the OpenSSL configuration may be
set up to ignore it.
To check that Crypto Policies settings are configured correctly, you have to examine the OpenSSL config file
available under /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf .
This file has the ini format, and it enables crypto policy support
if there is a [ crypto_policy ] section that contains the .include = /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/opensslcnf.config directive. | Rationale: | Overriding the system crypto policy makes the behavior of the Java runtime violates expectations,
and makes system configuration more fragmented. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_configure_openssl_crypto_policy | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-001453, CIP-003-8 R4.2, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R7.1, AC-17(a), AC-17(2), CM-6(a), MA-4(6), SC-13, SC-12(2), SC-12(3), Req-2.2, 2.2, SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093 | |
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Rule
Configure SSH to use System Crypto Policy
[ref] | Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages.
SSH is supported by crypto policy, but the SSH configuration may be
set up to ignore it.
To check that Crypto Policies settings are configured correctly, ensure that
the CRYPTO_POLICY variable is either commented or not set at all
in the /etc/sysconfig/sshd . | Rationale: | Overriding the system crypto policy makes the behavior of the SSH service violate expectations,
and makes system configuration more fragmented. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_configure_ssh_crypto_policy | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-001453, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), CIP-003-8 R4.2, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R7.1, AC-17(a), AC-17(2), CM-6(a), MA-4(6), SC-13, FCS_SSH_EXT.1, FCS_SSHS_EXT.1, FCS_SSHC_EXT.1, Req-2.2, 2.2, SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093 | |
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Group
GNOME Desktop Environment
Group contains 1 group and 2 rules |
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GNOME is a graphical desktop environment bundled with many Linux distributions that
allow users to easily interact with the operating system graphically rather than
textually. The GNOME Graphical Display Manager (GDM) provides login, logout, and user
switching contexts as well as display server management.
GNOME is developed by the GNOME Project and is considered the default
Red Hat Graphical environment.
For more information on GNOME and the GNOME Project, see https://www.gnome.org. |
Group
Configure GNOME Login Screen
Group contains 2 rules |
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Rule
Disable GDM Automatic Login
[ref] | The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) can allow users to automatically login without
user interaction or credentials. User should always be required to authenticate themselves
to the system that they are authorized to use. To disable user ability to automatically
login to the system, set the AutomaticLoginEnable to false in the
[daemon] section in /etc/gdm/custom.conf . For example:
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=false | Rationale: | Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating
system security. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_gnome_gdm_disable_automatic_login | Identifiers and References | References:
11, 3, 9, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, 3.1.1, CCI-000366, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 7.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), CM-7(b), PR.IP-1, FIA_UAU.1, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229 | |
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Rule
Disable XDMCP in GDM
[ref] | XDMCP is an unencrypted protocol, and therefore, presents a security risk, see e.g.
XDMCP Gnome docs.
To disable XDMCP support in Gnome, set Enable to false under the [xdmcp] configuration section in /etc/gdm/custom.conf . For example:
[xdmcp]
Enable=false
| Rationale: | XDMCP provides unencrypted remote access through the Gnome Display Manager (GDM) which does
not provide for the confidentiality and integrity of user passwords or the
remote session. If a privileged user were to login using XDMCP, the
privileged user password could be compromised due to typed XEvents
and keystrokes will traversing over the network in clear text. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_gnome_gdm_disable_xdmcp | Identifiers and References | | |
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Group
Sudo
Group contains 6 rules |
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Sudo , which stands for "su 'do'", provides the ability to delegate authority
to certain users, groups of users, or system administrators. When configured for system
users and/or groups, Sudo can allow a user or group to execute privileged commands
that normally only root is allowed to execute.
For more information on Sudo and addition Sudo configuration options, see
https://www.sudo.ws. |
Rule
Install sudo Package
[ref] | The sudo package can be installed with the following command:
$ sudo dnf install sudo | Rationale: | sudo is a program designed to allow a system administrator to give
limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy
is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow system users to
get their work done.
| Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_sudo_installed | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R19), 1382, 1384, 1386, CM-6(a), FMT_MOF_EXT.1, 10.2.1.5, SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125 | |
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Rule
Ensure Only Users Logged In To Real tty Can Execute Sudo - sudo use_pty
[ref] | The sudo use_pty tag, when specified, will only execute sudo
commands from users logged in to a real tty.
This should be enabled by making sure that the use_pty tag exists in
/etc/sudoers configuration file or any sudo configuration snippets
in /etc/sudoers.d/ . | Rationale: | Requiring that sudo commands be run in a pseudo-terminal can prevent an attacker from retaining
access to the user's terminal after the main program has finished executing. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sudo_add_use_pty | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R58), Req-10.2.5, 10.2.1.5 | |
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Rule
Ensure Sudo Logfile Exists - sudo logfile
[ref] | A custom log sudo file can be configured with the 'logfile' tag. This rule configures
a sudo custom logfile at the default location suggested by CIS, which uses
/var/log/sudo.log. | Rationale: | A sudo log file simplifies auditing of sudo commands. | Severity: | low | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sudo_custom_logfile | Identifiers and References | References:
Req-10.2.5, 10.2.1.5 | |
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Rule
Ensure Users Re-Authenticate for Privilege Escalation - sudo
[ref] | The sudo NOPASSWD and !authenticate option, when
specified, allows a user to execute commands using sudo without having to
authenticate. This should be disabled by making sure that
NOPASSWD and/or !authenticate do not exist in
/etc/sudoers configuration file or any sudo configuration snippets
in /etc/sudoers.d/ ." | Rationale: | Without re-authentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they
do not have authorization.
When operating systems provide the capability to escalate a functional capability, it
is critical that the user re-authenticate. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sudo_require_authentication | Identifiers and References | References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5, DSS05.04, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-002038, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, A.18.1.4, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-11, CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-7, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156 | |
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Rule
Require Re-Authentication When Using the sudo Command
[ref] | The sudo timestamp_timeout tag sets the amount of time sudo password prompt waits.
The default timestamp_timeout value is 5 minutes.
The timestamp_timeout should be configured by making sure that the
timestamp_timeout tag exists in
/etc/sudoers configuration file or any sudo configuration snippets
in /etc/sudoers.d/ .
If the value is set to an integer less than 0, the user's time stamp will not expire
and the user will not have to re-authenticate for privileged actions until the user's session is terminated. | Rationale: | Without re-authentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they
do not have authorization.
When operating systems provide the capability to escalate a functional capability, it
is critical that the user re-authenticate. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sudo_require_reauthentication | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-002038, IA-11, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00158 | |
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Rule
Ensure sudo only includes the default configuration directory
[ref] | Administrators can configure authorized sudo users via drop-in files, and it is possible to include
other directories and configuration files from the file currently being parsed.
Make sure that /etc/sudoers only includes drop-in configuration files from /etc/sudoers.d ,
or that no drop-in file is included.
Either the /etc/sudoers should contain only one #includedir directive pointing to
/etc/sudoers.d , and no file in /etc/sudoers.d/ should include other files or directories;
Or the /etc/sudoers should not contain any #include ,
@include , #includedir or @includedir directives.
Note that the '#' character doesn't denote a comment in the configuration file. | Rationale: | Some sudo configurtion options allow users to run programs without re-authenticating.
Use of these configuration options makes it easier for one compromised accound to be used to
compromise other accounts. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sudoers_default_includedir | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000366, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
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Group
Updating Software
Group contains 1 rule |
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The dnf command line tool is used to install and
update software packages. The system also provides a graphical
software update tool in the System menu, in the Administration submenu,
called Software Update.
Fedora systems contain an installed software catalog called
the RPM database, which records metadata of installed packages. Consistently using
dnf or the graphical Software Update for all software installation
allows for insight into the current inventory of installed software on the system.
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Rule
Install GNOME Software
[ref] | The gnome-software package can be installed with the following command:
$ sudo dnf install gnome-software | Rationale: | The GNOME software package must be installed so that it can be used for software and firmware updates. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_gnome_software_installed | Identifiers and References | | |
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Group
Account and Access Control
Group contains 12 groups and 32 rules |
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In traditional Unix security, if an attacker gains
shell access to a certain login account, they can perform any action
or access any file to which that account has access. Therefore,
making it more difficult for unauthorized people to gain shell
access to accounts, particularly to privileged accounts, is a
necessary part of securing a system. This section introduces
mechanisms for restricting access to accounts under
Fedora. |
Group
Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM
Group contains 4 groups and 11 rules |
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PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules, is a system
which implements modular authentication for Linux programs. PAM provides
a flexible and configurable architecture for authentication, and it should be configured
to minimize exposure to unnecessary risk. This section contains
guidance on how to accomplish that.
PAM is implemented as a set of shared objects which are
loaded and invoked whenever an application wishes to authenticate a
user. Typically, the application must be running as root in order
to take advantage of PAM, because PAM's modules often need to be able
to access sensitive stores of account information, such as /etc/shadow.
Traditional privileged network listeners
(e.g. sshd) or SUID programs (e.g. sudo) already meet this
requirement. An SUID root application, userhelper, is provided so
that programs which are not SUID or privileged themselves can still
take advantage of PAM.
PAM looks in the directory /etc/pam.d for
application-specific configuration information. For instance, if
the program login attempts to authenticate a user, then PAM's
libraries follow the instructions in the file /etc/pam.d/login
to determine what actions should be taken.
One very important file in /etc/pam.d is
/etc/pam.d/system-auth . This file, which is included by
many other PAM configuration files, defines 'default' system authentication
measures. Modifying this file is a good way to make far-reaching
authentication changes, for instance when implementing a
centralized authentication service. Warning:
Be careful when making changes to PAM's configuration files.
The syntax for these files is complex, and modifications can
have unexpected consequences. The default configurations shipped
with applications should be sufficient for most users. |
Group
Set Lockouts for Failed Password Attempts
Group contains 1 rule |
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The pam_faillock PAM module provides the capability to
lock out user accounts after a number of failed login attempts. Its
documentation is available in
/usr/share/doc/pam-VERSION/txts/README.pam_faillock .
Warning:
Locking out user accounts presents the
risk of a denial-of-service attack. The lockout policy
must weigh whether the risk of such a
denial-of-service attack outweighs the benefits of thwarting
password guessing attacks. |
Rule
An SELinux Context must be configured for the pam_faillock.so records directory
[ref] | The dir configuration option in PAM pam_faillock.so module defines where the lockout
records is stored. The configured directory must have the correct SELinux context. | Rationale: | Not having the correct SELinux context on the pam_faillock.so records directory may lead to
unauthorized access to the directory. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_account_password_selinux_faillock_dir | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000044, AC-7 (a), SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005 | |
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Group
Set Password Quality Requirements
Group contains 1 group and 7 rules |
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The default pam_pwquality PAM module provides strength
checking for passwords. It performs a number of checks, such as
making sure passwords are not similar to dictionary words, are of
at least a certain length, are not the previous password reversed,
and are not simply a change of case from the previous password. It
can also require passwords to be in certain character classes. The
pam_pwquality module is the preferred way of configuring
password requirements.
The man pages pam_pwquality(8)
provide information on the capabilities and configuration of
each. |
Group
Set Password Quality Requirements with pam_pwquality
Group contains 7 rules |
[ref]
The pam_pwquality PAM module can be configured to meet
requirements for a variety of policies.
For example, to configure pam_pwquality to require at least one uppercase
character, lowercase character, digit, and other (special)
character, make sure that pam_pwquality exists in /etc/pam.d/system-auth :
password requisite pam_pwquality.so try_first_pass local_users_only retry=3 authtok_type=
If no such line exists, add one as the first line of the password section in /etc/pam.d/system-auth .
Next, modify the settings in /etc/security/pwquality.conf to match the following:
difok = 4
minlen = 14
dcredit = -1
ucredit = -1
lcredit = -1
ocredit = -1
maxrepeat = 3
The arguments can be modified to ensure compliance with
your organization's security policy. Discussion of each parameter follows. |
Rule
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Different Characters
[ref] | The pam_pwquality module's difok parameter sets the number of characters
in a password that must not be present in and old password during a password change.
Modify the difok setting in /etc/security/pwquality.conf
to equal 8 to require differing characters
when changing passwords. | Rationale: | Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources
required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength,
is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts
at guessing and brute–force attacks.
Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long
it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the
greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested
before the password is compromised.
Requiring a minimum number of different characters during password changes ensures that
newly changed passwords should not resemble previously compromised ones.
Note that passwords which are changed on compromised systems will still be compromised, however. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_difok | Identifiers and References | References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.1.1, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000195, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(b), CM-6(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040 | |
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Rule
Set Password Maximum Consecutive Repeating Characters
[ref] | The pam_pwquality module's maxrepeat parameter controls requirements for
consecutive repeating characters. When set to a positive number, it will reject passwords
which contain more than that number of consecutive characters. Modify the maxrepeat setting
in /etc/security/pwquality.conf to equal 3 to prevent a
run of ( 3 + 1) or more identical characters. | Rationale: | Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password.
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at
guessing and brute-force attacks.
Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes to crack a password. The more
complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the
password is compromised.
Passwords with excessive repeating characters may be more vulnerable to password-guessing attacks. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_maxrepeat | Identifiers and References | References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000195, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), CM-6(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040 | |
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Rule
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Different Categories
[ref] | The pam_pwquality module's minclass parameter controls
requirements for usage of different character classes, or types, of character
that must exist in a password before it is considered valid. For example,
setting this value to three (3) requires that any password must have characters
from at least three different categories in order to be approved. The default
value is zero (0), meaning there are no required classes. There are four
categories available:
* Upper-case characters
* Lower-case characters
* Digits
* Special characters (for example, punctuation)
Modify the minclass setting in /etc/security/pwquality.conf entry
to require 3
differing categories of characters when changing passwords. | Rationale: | Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password.
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts
at guessing and brute-force attacks.
Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes to crack a password. The
more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before
the password is compromised.
Requiring a minimum number of character categories makes password guessing attacks more difficult
by ensuring a larger search space. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_minclass | Identifiers and References | References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000195, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(a), CM-6(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040 | |
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Rule
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Length
[ref] | The pam_pwquality module's minlen parameter controls requirements for
minimum characters required in a password. Add minlen=15
after pam_pwquality to set minimum password length requirements. | Rationale: | The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations
that need to be tested before the password is compromised.
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a
password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.
Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength
and how long it takes to crack a password. Use of more characters in a password
helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to
compromise the password. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_minlen | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R18), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.1.1, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000205, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(a), CM-6(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, FMT_SMF_EXT.1, Req-8.2.3, 8.3.6, 8.3.9, SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046 | |
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Rule
Ensure PAM password complexity module is enabled in password-auth
[ref] | To enable PAM password complexity in password-auth file:
Edit the password section in
/etc/pam.d/password-auth to show
password requisite pam_pwquality.so . | Rationale: | Enabling PAM password complexity permits to enforce strong passwords and consequently
makes the system less prone to dictionary attacks. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_pwquality_password_auth | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000366, SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037, SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
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Rule
Ensure PAM password complexity module is enabled in system-auth
[ref] | To enable PAM password complexity in system-auth file:
Edit the password section in
/etc/pam.d/system-auth to show
password requisite pam_pwquality.so . | Rationale: | Enabling PAM password complexity permits to enforce strong passwords and consequently
makes the system less prone to dictionary attacks. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_pwquality_system_auth | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000366, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
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Rule
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Authentication Retry Prompts Permitted Per-Session
[ref] | To configure the number of retry prompts that are permitted per-session:
Edit the pam_pwquality.so statement in
/etc/pam.d/system-auth to show
retry=3 , or a lower value if site
policy is more restrictive. The DoD requirement is a maximum of 3 prompts
per session. | Rationale: | Setting the password retry prompts that are permitted on a per-session basis to a low value
requires some software, such as SSH, to re-connect. This can slow down and
draw additional attention to some types of password-guessing attacks. Note that this
is different from account lockout, which is provided by the pam_faillock module. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_retry | Identifiers and References | References:
1, 11, 12, 15, 16, 3, 5, 9, 5.5.3, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000192, CCI-000366, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 7.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, CM-6(a), AC-7(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.IP-1, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
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Group
Set Password Hashing Algorithm
Group contains 3 rules |
[ref]
The system's default algorithm for storing password hashes in
/etc/shadow is SHA-512. This can be configured in several
locations. |
Rule
Set Password Hashing Algorithm in /etc/login.defs
[ref] | In /etc/login.defs , add or correct the following line to ensure
the system will use SHA512 as the hashing algorithm:
ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512 | Rationale: | Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords.
If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised. Passwords
that are encrypted with a weak algorithm are no more protected than if they are kept in plain text.
Using a stronger hashing algorithm makes password cracking attacks more difficult. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_set_password_hashing_algorithm_logindefs | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R32), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.2, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.13.11, CCI-000196, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0418, 1055, 1402, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(c), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, Req-8.2.1, 8.3.2, SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041 | |
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Rule
Set PAM''s Password Hashing Algorithm - password-auth
[ref] | The PAM system service can be configured to only store encrypted
representations of passwords. In
/etc/pam.d/password-auth ,
the
password section of the file controls which PAM modules execute
during a password change. Set the pam_unix.so module in the
password section to include the argument sha512 , as shown
below:
password sufficient pam_unix.so sha512 other arguments...
This will help ensure when local users change their passwords, hashes for
the new passwords will be generated using the SHA-512 algorithm. This is
the default. | Rationale: | Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard
method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can
be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised. Passwords that
are encrypted with a weak algorithm are no more protected than if they are
kepy in plain text.
This setting ensures user and group account administration utilities are
configured to store only encrypted representations of passwords.
Additionally, the crypt_style configuration option ensures the use
of a strong hashing algorithm that makes password cracking attacks more
difficult. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_set_password_hashing_algorithm_passwordauth | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R32), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.2, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.13.11, CCI-000196, CCI-000803, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0418, 1055, 1402, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(c), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, Req-8.2.1, SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041, SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061 | |
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Rule
Set PAM''s Password Hashing Algorithm
[ref] | The PAM system service can be configured to only store encrypted
representations of passwords. In "/etc/pam.d/system-auth", the
password section of the file controls which PAM modules execute
during a password change. Set the pam_unix.so module in the
password section to include the argument sha512 , as shown
below:
password sufficient pam_unix.so sha512 other arguments...
This will help ensure when local users change their passwords, hashes for
the new passwords will be generated using the SHA-512 algorithm. This is
the default. | Rationale: | Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard
method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can
be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised. Passwords that
are encrypted with a weak algorithm are no more protected than if they are
kepy in plain text.
This setting ensures user and group account administration utilities are
configured to store only encrypted representations of passwords.
Additionally, the crypt_style configuration option ensures the use
of a strong hashing algorithm that makes password cracking attacks more
difficult. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_set_password_hashing_algorithm_systemauth | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R32), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.2, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.13.11, CCI-000196, CCI-000803, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0418, 1055, 1402, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(c), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, Req-8.2.1, 8.3.2, SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041, SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061 | |
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Group
Protect Accounts by Restricting Password-Based Login
Group contains 3 groups and 10 rules |
[ref]
Conventionally, Unix shell accounts are accessed by
providing a username and password to a login program, which tests
these values for correctness using the /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow files. Password-based login is vulnerable to
guessing of weak passwords, and to sniffing and man-in-the-middle
attacks against passwords entered over a network or at an insecure
console. Therefore, mechanisms for accessing accounts by entering
usernames and passwords should be restricted to those which are
operationally necessary. |
Group
Set Account Expiration Parameters
Group contains 1 rule |
[ref]
Accounts can be configured to be automatically disabled
after a certain time period,
meaning that they will require administrator interaction to become usable again.
Expiration of accounts after inactivity can be set for all accounts by default
and also on a per-account basis, such as for accounts that are known to be temporary.
To configure automatic expiration of an account following
the expiration of its password (that is, after the password has expired and not been changed),
run the following command, substituting NUM_DAYS and USER appropriately:
$ sudo chage -I NUM_DAYS USER
Accounts, such as temporary accounts, can also be configured to expire on an explicitly-set date with the
-E option.
The file /etc/default/useradd controls
default settings for all newly-created accounts created with the system's
normal command line utilities. Warning:
This will only apply to newly created accounts |
Rule
Ensure All Accounts on the System Have Unique Names
[ref] | Ensure accounts on the system have unique names.
To ensure all accounts have unique names, run the following command:
$ sudo getent passwd | awk -F: '{ print $1}' | uniq -d
If a username is returned, change or delete the username. | Rationale: | Unique usernames allow for accountability on the system. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_account_unique_name | Identifiers and References | References:
5.5.2, CCI-000770, CCI-000804, Req-8.1.1, 8.2.1 | |
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Group
Verify Proper Storage and Existence of Password
Hashes
Group contains 3 rules |
[ref]
By default, password hashes for local accounts are stored
in the second field (colon-separated) in
/etc/shadow . This file should be readable only by
processes running with root credentials, preventing users from
casually accessing others' password hashes and attempting
to crack them.
However, it remains possible to misconfigure the system
and store password hashes
in world-readable files such as /etc/passwd , or
to even store passwords themselves in plaintext on the system.
Using system-provided tools for password change/creation
should allow administrators to avoid such misconfiguration. |
Rule
All GIDs referenced in /etc/passwd must be defined in /etc/group
[ref] | Add a group to the system for each GID referenced without a corresponding group. | Rationale: | If a user is assigned the Group Identifier (GID) of a group not existing on the system, and a group
with the Group Identifier (GID) is subsequently created, the user may have unintended rights to
any files associated with the group. | Severity: | low | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_gid_passwd_group_same | Identifiers and References | References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.5.2, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000764, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, IA-2, CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, Req-8.5.a, 8.2.2, SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051 | |
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Rule
Prevent Login to Accounts With Empty Password
[ref] | If an account is configured for password authentication
but does not have an assigned password, it may be possible to log
into the account without authentication. Remove any instances of the
nullok in
/etc/pam.d/system-auth and
/etc/pam.d/password-auth
to prevent logins with empty passwords. Warning:
If the system relies on authselect tool to manage PAM settings, the remediation
will also use authselect tool. However, if any manual modification was made in
PAM files, the authselect integrity check will fail and the remediation will be
aborted in order to preserve intentional changes. In this case, an informative message will
be shown in the remediation report.
Note that this rule is not applicable for systems running within a
container. Having user with empty password within a container is not
considered a risk, because it should not be possible to directly login into
a container anyway. | Rationale: | If an account has an empty password, anyone could log in and
run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with
empty passwords should never be used in operational environments. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_no_empty_passwords | Identifiers and References | References:
1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.02, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.1.1, 3.1.5, CCI-000366, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B), 164.308(a)(7)(i), 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A), 164.310(a)(1), 164.310(a)(2)(i), 164.310(a)(2)(ii), 164.310(a)(2)(iii), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.310(d)(1), 164.310(d)(2)(iii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, IA-5(1)(a), IA-5(c), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.DS-5, FIA_UAU.1, Req-8.2.3, 8.3.6, 8.3.9, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
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Rule
Ensure There Are No Accounts With Blank or Null Passwords
[ref] | Check the "/etc/shadow" file for blank passwords with the
following command:
$ sudo awk -F: '!$2 {print $1}' /etc/shadow
If the command returns any results, this is a finding.
Configure all accounts on the system to have a password or lock
the account with the following commands:
Perform a password reset:
$ sudo passwd [username]
Lock an account:
$ sudo passwd -l [username] Warning:
Note that this rule is not applicable for systems running within a container. Having user with empty password within a container is not considered a risk, because it should not be possible to directly login into a container anyway. | Rationale: | If an account has an empty password, anyone could log in and
run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with
empty passwords should never be used in operational environments. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_no_empty_passwords_etc_shadow | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000366, CM-6(b), CM-6.1(iv), SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
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Group
Restrict Root Logins
Group contains 3 rules |
[ref]
Direct root logins should be allowed only for emergency use.
In normal situations, the administrator should access the system
via a unique unprivileged account, and then use su or sudo to execute
privileged commands. Discouraging administrators from accessing the
root account directly ensures an audit trail in organizations with
multiple administrators. Locking down the channels through which
root can connect directly also reduces opportunities for
password-guessing against the root account. The login program
uses the file /etc/securetty to determine which interfaces
should allow root logins.
The virtual devices /dev/console
and /dev/tty* represent the system consoles (accessible via
the Ctrl-Alt-F1 through Ctrl-Alt-F6 keyboard sequences on a default
installation). The default securetty file also contains /dev/vc/* .
These are likely to be deprecated in most environments, but may be retained
for compatibility. Root should also be prohibited from connecting
via network protocols. Other sections of this document
include guidance describing how to prevent root from logging in via SSH. |
Rule
Verify Only Root Has UID 0
[ref] | If any account other than root has a UID of 0, this misconfiguration should
be investigated and the accounts other than root should be removed or have
their UID changed.
If the account is associated with system commands or applications the UID
should be changed to one greater than "0" but less than "1000."
Otherwise assign a UID greater than "1000" that has not already been
assigned. | Rationale: | An account has root authority if it has a UID of 0. Multiple accounts
with a UID of 0 afford more opportunity for potential intruders to
guess a password for a privileged account. Proper configuration of
sudo is recommended to afford multiple system administrators
access to root privileges in an accountable manner. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_no_uid_except_zero | Identifiers and References | References:
1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.02, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.1.1, 3.1.5, CCI-000366, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, IA-2, AC-6(5), IA-4(b), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.DS-5, Req-8.5, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
|
Rule
Verify Root Has A Primary GID 0
[ref] | The root user should have a primary group of 0. | Rationale: | To help ensure that root-owned files are not inadvertently exposed to other users. | Severity: | high | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_root_gid_zero | Identifiers and References | References:
Req-8.1.1, 8.2.1 | |
|
Rule
Enforce usage of pam_wheel for su authentication
[ref] | To ensure that only users who are members of the wheel group can
run commands with altered privileges through the su command, make
sure that the following line exists in the file /etc/pam.d/su :
auth required pam_wheel.so use_uid Warning:
Members of "wheel" or GID 0 groups are checked by default if the group option is not set
for pam_wheel.so module. Therefore, members of these groups should be manually checked or
a different group should be informed according to the site policy. | Rationale: | The su program allows to run commands with a substitute user and
group ID. It is commonly used to run commands as the root user. Limiting
access to such command is considered a good security practice. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_use_pam_wheel_for_su | Identifiers and References | References:
FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1, 8.6.1, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00123 | |
|
Rule
Ensure All Accounts on the System Have Unique User IDs
[ref] | Change user IDs (UIDs), or delete accounts, so each has a unique name. Warning:
Automatic remediation of this control is not available due to unique requirements of each
system. | Rationale: | To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, interactive users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_account_unique_id | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000135, CCI-000764, CCI-000804, Req-8.1.1, 8.2.1, SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000121-GPOS-00062, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020 | |
|
Rule
Ensure All Groups on the System Have Unique Group ID
[ref] | Change the group name or delete groups, so each has a unique id. Warning:
Automatic remediation of this control is not available due to the unique requirements of each system. | Rationale: | To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, groups must be identified uniquely to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_group_unique_id | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000764, 8.2.1, SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051 | |
|
Rule
Ensure All Groups on the System Have Unique Group Names
[ref] | Change the group name or delete groups, so each has a unique name. Warning:
Automatic remediation of this control is not available due to the unique requirements of each system. | Rationale: | To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, groups must be identified uniquely to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_group_unique_name | Identifiers and References | References:
8.2.1 | |
|
Group
Secure Session Configuration Files for Login Accounts
Group contains 2 groups and 10 rules |
[ref]
When a user logs into a Unix account, the system
configures the user's session by reading a number of files. Many of
these files are located in the user's home directory, and may have
weak permissions as a result of user error or misconfiguration. If
an attacker can modify or even read certain types of account
configuration information, they can often gain full access to the
affected user's account. Therefore, it is important to test and
correct configuration file permissions for interactive accounts,
particularly those of privileged users such as root or system
administrators. |
Group
Ensure that No Dangerous Directories Exist in Root's Path
Group contains 1 rule |
[ref]
The active path of the root account can be obtained by
starting a new root shell and running:
# echo $PATH
This will produce a colon-separated list of
directories in the path.
Certain path elements could be considered dangerous, as they could lead
to root executing unknown or
untrusted programs, which could contain malicious
code.
Since root may sometimes work inside
untrusted directories, the . character, which represents the
current directory, should never be in the root path, nor should any
directory which can be written to by an unprivileged or
semi-privileged (system) user.
It is a good practice for administrators to always execute
privileged commands by typing the full path to the
command. |
Rule
Ensure that Root's Path Does Not Include World or Group-Writable Directories
[ref] | For each element in root's path, run:
# ls -ld DIR
and ensure that write permissions are disabled for group and
other. | Rationale: | Such entries increase the risk that root could
execute code provided by unprivileged users,
and potentially malicious code. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_root_path_dirs_no_write | Identifiers and References | References:
11, 3, 9, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, CCI-000366, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 7.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, CM-6(a), CM-6(a), PR.IP-1 | |
|
Group
Ensure that Users Have Sensible Umask Values
Group contains 3 rules |
[ref]
The umask setting controls the default permissions
for the creation of new files.
With a default umask setting of 077, files and directories
created by users will not be readable by any other user on the
system. Users who wish to make specific files group- or
world-readable can accomplish this by using the chmod command.
Additionally, users can make all their files readable to their
group by default by setting a umask of 027 in their shell
configuration files. If default per-user groups exist (that is, if
every user has a default group whose name is the same as that
user's username and whose only member is the user), then it may
even be safe for users to select a umask of 007, making it very
easy to intentionally share files with groups of which the user is
a member.
|
Rule
Ensure the Default Bash Umask is Set Correctly
[ref] | To ensure the default umask for users of the Bash shell is set properly,
add or correct the umask setting in /etc/bashrc to read
as follows:
umask 027 | Rationale: | The umask value influences the permissions assigned to files when they are created.
A misconfigured umask value could result in files with excessive permissions that can be read or
written to by unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_umask_etc_bashrc | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R35), 18, APO13.01, BAI03.01, BAI03.02, BAI03.03, CCI-000366, 4.3.4.3.3, A.14.1.1, A.14.2.1, A.14.2.5, A.6.1.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, AC-6(1), CM-6(a), PR.IP-2, 8.6.1, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
|
Rule
Ensure the Default Umask is Set Correctly in login.defs
[ref] | To ensure the default umask controlled by /etc/login.defs is set properly,
add or correct the UMASK setting in /etc/login.defs to read as follows:
UMASK 027 | Rationale: | The umask value influences the permissions assigned to files when they are created.
A misconfigured umask value could result in files with excessive permissions that can be read and
written to by unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_umask_etc_login_defs | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R35), 11, 18, 3, 9, APO13.01, BAI03.01, BAI03.02, BAI03.03, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, CCI-000366, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 7.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.1.1, A.14.2.1, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.14.2.5, A.6.1.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, AC-6(1), CM-6(a), PR.IP-1, PR.IP-2, 8.6.1, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228 | |
|
Rule
Ensure the Default Umask is Set Correctly in /etc/profile
[ref] | To ensure the default umask controlled by /etc/profile is set properly,
add or correct the umask setting in /etc/profile to read as follows:
umask 027
Note that /etc/profile also reads scrips within /etc/profile.d directory.
These scripts are also valid files to set umask value. Therefore, they should also be
considered during the check and properly remediated, if necessary. | Rationale: | The umask value influences the permissions assigned to files when they are created.
A misconfigured umask value could result in files with excessive permissions that can be read or
written to by unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_umask_etc_profile | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R35), 18, APO13.01, BAI03.01, BAI03.02, BAI03.03, CCI-000366, 4.3.4.3.3, A.14.1.1, A.14.2.1, A.14.2.5, A.6.1.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, AC-6(1), CM-6(a), PR.IP-2, 8.6.1, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
|
Rule
Set Interactive Session Timeout
[ref] | Setting the TMOUT option in /etc/profile ensures that
all user sessions will terminate based on inactivity.
The value of TMOUT should be exported and read only.
The TMOUT
setting in a file loaded by /etc/profile , e.g.
/etc/profile.d/tmout.sh should read as follows:
declare -xr TMOUT=900 | Rationale: | Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces
the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a
management session enabled on the console or console port that has been
left unattended. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_tmout | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R29), 1, 12, 15, 16, DSS05.04, DSS05.10, DSS06.10, 3.1.11, CCI-000057, CCI-001133, CCI-002361, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, A.18.1.4, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.4, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, AC-12, SC-10, AC-2(5), CM-6(a), PR.AC-7, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, 8.6.1, SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072, SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010 | |
|
Rule
User Initialization Files Must Not Run World-Writable Programs
[ref] | Set the mode on files being executed by the user initialization files with the
following command:
$ sudo chmod o-w FILE | Rationale: | If user start-up files execute world-writable programs, especially in
unprotected directories, they could be maliciously modified to destroy user
files or otherwise compromise the system at the user level. If the system is
compromised at the user level, it is easier to elevate privileges to eventually
compromise the system at the root and network level. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_user_dot_no_world_writable_programs | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000366, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
|
Rule
All Interactive Users Home Directories Must Exist
[ref] | Create home directories to all interactive users that currently do not
have a home directory assigned. Use the following commands to create the user
home directory assigned in /etc/passwd :
$ sudo mkdir /home/USER | Rationale: | If a local interactive user has a home directory defined that does not exist,
the user may be given access to the / directory as the current working directory
upon logon. This could create a Denial of Service because the user would not be
able to access their logon configuration files, and it may give them visibility
to system files they normally would not be able to access. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_user_interactive_home_directory_exists | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000366, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
|
Rule
All Interactive User Home Directories Must Be Group-Owned By The Primary Group
[ref] | Change the group owner of interactive users home directory to the
group found in /etc/passwd . To change the group owner of
interactive users home directory, use the following command:
$ sudo chgrp USER_GROUP /home/USER
This rule ensures every home directory related to an interactive user is
group-owned by an interactive user. It also ensures that interactive users
are group-owners of one and only one home directory. Warning:
Due to OVAL limitation, this rule can report a false negative in a
specific situation where two interactive users swap the group-ownership
of their respective home directories. | Rationale: | If the Group Identifier (GID) of a local interactive users home directory is
not the same as the primary GID of the user, this would allow unauthorized
access to the users files, and users that share the same group may not be
able to access files that they legitimately should. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_file_groupownership_home_directories | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000366, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
|
Rule
All Interactive User Home Directories Must Be Owned By The Primary User
[ref] | Change the owner of interactive users home directories to that correct
owner. To change the owner of a interactive users home directory, use
the following command:
$ sudo chown USER /home/USER
This rule ensures every home directory related to an interactive user is
owned by an interactive user. It also ensures that interactive users are
owners of one and only one home directory. Warning:
Due to OVAL limitation, this rule can report a false negative in a
specific situation where two interactive users swap the ownership of
their respective home directories. | Rationale: | If a local interactive user does not own their home directory, unauthorized
users could access or modify the user's files, and the users may not be able to
access their own files. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_file_ownership_home_directories | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000366, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
|
Rule
All Interactive User Home Directories Must Have mode 0750 Or Less Permissive
[ref] | Change the mode of interactive users home directories to 0750 . To
change the mode of interactive users home directory, use the
following command:
$ sudo chmod 0750 /home/USER | Rationale: | Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow
unauthorized access to user files by other users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_file_permissions_home_directories | Identifiers and References | References:
CCI-000366, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
|
Rule
Enable authselect
[ref] | Configure user authentication setup to use the authselect tool.
If authselect profile is selected, the rule will enable the minimal profile. Warning:
If the sudo authselect select command returns an error informing that the chosen
profile cannot be selected, it is probably because PAM files have already been modified by
the administrator. If this is the case, in order to not overwrite the desired changes made
by the administrator, the current PAM settings should be investigated before forcing the
selection of the chosen authselect profile. | Rationale: | Authselect is a successor to authconfig.
It is a tool to select system authentication and identity sources from a list of supported
profiles instead of letting the administrator manually build the PAM stack.
That way, it avoids potential breakage of configuration, as it ships several tested profiles
that are well tested and supported to solve different use-cases. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_enable_authselect | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R31), CCI-000213, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B), 164.308(a)(7)(i), 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A), 164.310(a)(1), 164.310(a)(2)(i), 164.310(a)(2)(ii), 164.310(a)(2)(iii), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.310(d)(1), 164.310(d)(2)(iii), AC-3, FIA_UAU.1, FIA_AFL.1, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | |
|
Group
System Accounting with auditd
Group contains 11 groups and 58 rules |
[ref]
The audit service provides substantial capabilities
for recording system activities. By default, the service audits about
SELinux AVC denials and certain types of security-relevant events
such as system logins, account modifications, and authentication
events performed by programs such as sudo.
Under its default configuration, auditd has modest disk space
requirements, and should not noticeably impact system performance.
NOTE: The Linux Audit daemon auditd can be configured to use
the augenrules program to read audit rules files ( *.rules )
located in /etc/audit/rules.d location and compile them to create
the resulting form of the /etc/audit/audit.rules configuration file
during the daemon startup (default configuration). Alternatively, the auditd
daemon can use the auditctl utility to read audit rules from the
/etc/audit/audit.rules configuration file during daemon startup,
and load them into the kernel. The expected behavior is configured via the
appropriate ExecStartPost directive setting in the
/usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service configuration file.
To instruct the auditd daemon to use the augenrules program
to read audit rules (default configuration), use the following setting:
ExecStartPost=-/sbin/augenrules --load
in the /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service configuration file.
In order to instruct the auditd daemon to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules, use the following setting:
ExecStartPost=-/sbin/auditctl -R /etc/audit/audit.rules
in the /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service configuration file.
Refer to [Service] section of the /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service
configuration file for further details.
Government networks often have substantial auditing
requirements and auditd can be configured to meet these
requirements.
Examining some example audit records demonstrates how the Linux audit system
satisfies common requirements.
The following example from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Documentation available at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/selinux_users_and_administrators_guide/index#sect-Security-Enhanced_Linux-Fixing_Problems-Raw_Audit_Messages
shows the substantial amount of information captured in a
two typical "raw" audit messages, followed by a breakdown of the most important
fields. In this example the message is SELinux-related and reports an AVC
denial (and the associated system call) that occurred when the Apache HTTP
Server attempted to access the /var/www/html/file1 file (labeled with
the samba_share_t type):
type=AVC msg=audit(1226874073.147:96): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=2465 comm="httpd"
path="/var/www/html/file1" dev=dm-0 ino=284133 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0
tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:samba_share_t:s0 tclass=file
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1226874073.147:96): arch=40000003 syscall=196 success=no exit=-13
a0=b98df198 a1=bfec85dc a2=54dff4 a3=2008171 items=0 ppid=2463 pid=2465 auid=502 uid=48
gid=48 euid=48 suid=48 fsuid=48 egid=48 sgid=48 fsgid=48 tty=(none) ses=6 comm="httpd"
exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" subj=unconfined_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0 key=(null)
msg=audit(1226874073.147:96) - The number in parentheses is the unformatted time stamp (Epoch time)
for the event, which can be converted to standard time by using the
date command.
{ getattr } - The item in braces indicates the permission that was denied.
getattr
indicates the source process was trying to read the target file's status information.
This occurs before reading files. This action is denied due to the file being
accessed having the wrong label. Commonly seen permissions include getattr ,
read , and write .
comm="httpd" - The executable that launched the process. The full path of the executable is
found in the
exe= section of the system call (SYSCALL ) message,
which in this case, is exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" .
path="/var/www/html/file1" - The path to the object (target) the process attempted to access.
scontext="unconfined_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0" - The SELinux context of the process that attempted the denied action. In
this case, it is the SELinux context of the Apache HTTP Server, which is running
in the
httpd_t domain.
tcontext="unconfined_u:object_r:samba_share_t:s0" - The SELinux context of the object (target) the process attempted to access.
In this case, it is the SELinux context of
file1 . Note: the samba_share_t
type is not accessible to processes running in the httpd_t domain.
- From the system call (
SYSCALL ) message, two items are of interest:
success=no : indicates whether the denial (AVC) was enforced or not.
success=no indicates the system call was not successful (SELinux denied
access). success=yes indicates the system call was successful - this can
be seen for permissive domains or unconfined domains, such as initrc_t
and kernel_t .
exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" : the full path to the executable that launched
the process, which in this case, is exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" .
|
Group
Configure auditd Rules for Comprehensive Auditing
Group contains 9 groups and 52 rules |
[ref]
The auditd program can perform comprehensive
monitoring of system activity. This section describes recommended
configuration settings for comprehensive auditing, but a full
description of the auditing system's capabilities is beyond the
scope of this guide. The mailing list linux-audit@redhat.com exists
to facilitate community discussion of the auditing system.
The audit subsystem supports extensive collection of events, including:
- Tracing of arbitrary system calls (identified by name or number)
on entry or exit.
- Filtering by PID, UID, call success, system call argument (with
some limitations), etc.
- Monitoring of specific files for modifications to the file's
contents or metadata.
Auditing rules at startup are controlled by the file /etc/audit/audit.rules .
Add rules to it to meet the auditing requirements for your organization.
Each line in /etc/audit/audit.rules represents a series of arguments
that can be passed to auditctl and can be individually tested
during runtime. See documentation in /usr/share/doc/audit-VERSION and
in the related man pages for more details.
If copying any example audit rulesets from /usr/share/doc/audit-VERSION ,
be sure to comment out the
lines containing arch= which are not appropriate for your system's
architecture. Then review and understand the following rules,
ensuring rules are activated as needed for the appropriate
architecture.
After reviewing all the rules, reading the following sections, and
editing as needed, the new rules can be activated as follows:
$ sudo service auditd restart |
Group
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls
Group contains 13 rules |
[ref]
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root. Note that the "-F arch=b32" lines should be
present even on a 64 bit system. These commands identify system calls for
auditing. Even if the system is 64 bit it can still execute 32 bit system
calls. Additionally, these rules can be configured in a number of ways while
still achieving the desired effect. An example of this is that the "-S" calls
could be split up and placed on separate lines, however, this is less efficient.
Add the following to /etc/audit/audit.rules :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chmod,fchmod,fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chown,fchown,fchownat,lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S setxattr,lsetxattr,fsetxattr,removexattr,lremovexattr,fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If your system is 64 bit then these lines should be duplicated and the
arch=b32 replaced with arch=b64 as follows:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chmod,fchmod,fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chown,fchown,fchownat,lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S setxattr,lsetxattr,fsetxattr,removexattr,lremovexattr,fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod |
Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - chmod
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root. If the auditd daemon is configured to
use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon startup
(the default), add the following line to a file with suffix .rules in
the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chmod -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chmod -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chmod -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chmod -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_chmod | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000126, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203 | Remediation Ansible snippet ⇲Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
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- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_chmod
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set architecture for audit chmod tasks
set_fact:
audit_arch: b64
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "ppc64" or ansible_architecture
== "ppc64le" or ansible_architecture == "s390x" or ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_chmod
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for chmod for 32bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- chmod
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of chmod in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- chmod
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of chmod in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_chmod
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for chmod for 64bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- chmod
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of chmod in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- chmod
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of chmod in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- audit_arch == "b64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_chmod
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script ⇲# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then
# First perform the remediation of the syscall rule
# Retrieve hardware architecture of the underlying system
[ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] && RULE_ARCHS=("b32") || RULE_ARCHS=("b32" "b64")
for ARCH in "${RULE_ARCHS[@]}"
do
ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS="-a always,exit -F arch=$ARCH"
OTHER_FILTERS=""
AUID_FILTERS="-F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset"
SYSCALL="chmod"
KEY="perm_mod"
SYSCALL_GROUPING="chmod fchmod fchmodat"
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'augenrules', then check if the audit rule is defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to the list for inspection
# If rule isn't defined yet, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules' to the list for inspection
default_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
# As other_filters may include paths, lets use a different delimiter for it
# The "F" script expression tells sed to print the filenames where the expressions matched
readarray -t files_to_inspect < <(sed -s -n -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" -e "F" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# Case when particular rule isn't defined in /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules yet
if [ ${#files_to_inspect[@]} -eq "0" ]
then
file_to_inspect="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
files_to_inspect=("$file_to_inspect")
if [ ! -e "$file_to_inspect" ]
then
touch "$file_to_inspect"
chmod 0640 "$file_to_inspect"
fi
fi
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# file to the list of files to be inspected
default_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules' )
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
|
Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - chown
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root. If the auditd daemon is configured to
use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon startup
(the default), add the following line to a file with suffix .rules in
the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_chown | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000126, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219 | Remediation Ansible snippet ⇲Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_chown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set architecture for audit chown tasks
set_fact:
audit_arch: b64
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "ppc64" or ansible_architecture
== "ppc64le" or ansible_architecture == "s390x" or ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_chown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for chown for 32bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- chown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of chown in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- chown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of chown in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_chown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for chown for 64bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- chown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of chown in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- chown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of chown in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- audit_arch == "b64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_chown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script ⇲# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then
# First perform the remediation of the syscall rule
# Retrieve hardware architecture of the underlying system
[ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] && RULE_ARCHS=("b32") || RULE_ARCHS=("b32" "b64")
for ARCH in "${RULE_ARCHS[@]}"
do
ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS="-a always,exit -F arch=$ARCH"
OTHER_FILTERS=""
AUID_FILTERS="-F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset"
SYSCALL="chown"
KEY="perm_mod"
SYSCALL_GROUPING="chown fchown fchownat lchown"
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'augenrules', then check if the audit rule is defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to the list for inspection
# If rule isn't defined yet, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules' to the list for inspection
default_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
# As other_filters may include paths, lets use a different delimiter for it
# The "F" script expression tells sed to print the filenames where the expressions matched
readarray -t files_to_inspect < <(sed -s -n -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" -e "F" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# Case when particular rule isn't defined in /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules yet
if [ ${#files_to_inspect[@]} -eq "0" ]
then
file_to_inspect="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
files_to_inspect=("$file_to_inspect")
if [ ! -e "$file_to_inspect" ]
then
touch "$file_to_inspect"
chmod 0640 "$file_to_inspect"
fi
fi
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# file to the list of files to be inspected
default_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules' )
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
|
Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmod
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root. If the auditd daemon is configured to
use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon startup
(the default), add the following line to a file with suffix .rules in
the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchmod -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchmod -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchmod -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchmod -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmod | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000126, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203 | Remediation Ansible snippet ⇲Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmod
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set architecture for audit fchmod tasks
set_fact:
audit_arch: b64
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "ppc64" or ansible_architecture
== "ppc64le" or ansible_architecture == "s390x" or ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmod
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fchmod for 32bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchmod
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of fchmod in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchmod
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of fchmod in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmod
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fchmod for 64bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchmod
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of fchmod in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchmod
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of fchmod in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- audit_arch == "b64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmod
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script ⇲# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then
# First perform the remediation of the syscall rule
# Retrieve hardware architecture of the underlying system
[ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] && RULE_ARCHS=("b32") || RULE_ARCHS=("b32" "b64")
for ARCH in "${RULE_ARCHS[@]}"
do
ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS="-a always,exit -F arch=$ARCH"
OTHER_FILTERS=""
AUID_FILTERS="-F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset"
SYSCALL="fchmod"
KEY="perm_mod"
SYSCALL_GROUPING="chmod fchmod fchmodat"
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'augenrules', then check if the audit rule is defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to the list for inspection
# If rule isn't defined yet, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules' to the list for inspection
default_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
# As other_filters may include paths, lets use a different delimiter for it
# The "F" script expression tells sed to print the filenames where the expressions matched
readarray -t files_to_inspect < <(sed -s -n -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" -e "F" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# Case when particular rule isn't defined in /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules yet
if [ ${#files_to_inspect[@]} -eq "0" ]
then
file_to_inspect="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
files_to_inspect=("$file_to_inspect")
if [ ! -e "$file_to_inspect" ]
then
touch "$file_to_inspect"
chmod 0640 "$file_to_inspect"
fi
fi
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# file to the list of files to be inspected
default_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules' )
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
|
Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmodat
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root. If the auditd daemon is configured to
use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon startup
(the default), add the following line to a file with suffix .rules in
the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmodat | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000126, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203 | Remediation Ansible snippet ⇲Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmodat
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set architecture for audit fchmodat tasks
set_fact:
audit_arch: b64
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "ppc64" or ansible_architecture
== "ppc64le" or ansible_architecture == "s390x" or ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmodat
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fchmodat for 32bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchmodat
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of fchmodat in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchmodat
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of fchmodat in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmodat
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fchmodat for 64bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchmodat
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of fchmodat in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchmodat
syscall_grouping:
- chmod
- fchmod
- fchmodat
- name: Check existence of fchmodat in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- audit_arch == "b64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchmodat
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script ⇲# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then
# First perform the remediation of the syscall rule
# Retrieve hardware architecture of the underlying system
[ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] && RULE_ARCHS=("b32") || RULE_ARCHS=("b32" "b64")
for ARCH in "${RULE_ARCHS[@]}"
do
ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS="-a always,exit -F arch=$ARCH"
OTHER_FILTERS=""
AUID_FILTERS="-F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset"
SYSCALL="fchmodat"
KEY="perm_mod"
SYSCALL_GROUPING="chmod fchmod fchmodat"
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'augenrules', then check if the audit rule is defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to the list for inspection
# If rule isn't defined yet, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules' to the list for inspection
default_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
# As other_filters may include paths, lets use a different delimiter for it
# The "F" script expression tells sed to print the filenames where the expressions matched
readarray -t files_to_inspect < <(sed -s -n -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" -e "F" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# Case when particular rule isn't defined in /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules yet
if [ ${#files_to_inspect[@]} -eq "0" ]
then
file_to_inspect="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
files_to_inspect=("$file_to_inspect")
if [ ! -e "$file_to_inspect" ]
then
touch "$file_to_inspect"
chmod 0640 "$file_to_inspect"
fi
fi
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# file to the list of files to be inspected
default_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules' )
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
|
Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchown
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root. If the auditd daemon is configured
to use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon
startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix
.rules in the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_fchown | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000126, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219 | Remediation Ansible snippet ⇲Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set architecture for audit fchown tasks
set_fact:
audit_arch: b64
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "ppc64" or ansible_architecture
== "ppc64le" or ansible_architecture == "s390x" or ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fchown for 32bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of fchown in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of fchown in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fchown for 64bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of fchown in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of fchown in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- audit_arch == "b64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script ⇲# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then
# First perform the remediation of the syscall rule
# Retrieve hardware architecture of the underlying system
[ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] && RULE_ARCHS=("b32") || RULE_ARCHS=("b32" "b64")
for ARCH in "${RULE_ARCHS[@]}"
do
ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS="-a always,exit -F arch=$ARCH"
OTHER_FILTERS=""
AUID_FILTERS="-F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset"
SYSCALL="fchown"
KEY="perm_mod"
SYSCALL_GROUPING="chown fchown fchownat lchown"
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'augenrules', then check if the audit rule is defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to the list for inspection
# If rule isn't defined yet, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules' to the list for inspection
default_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
# As other_filters may include paths, lets use a different delimiter for it
# The "F" script expression tells sed to print the filenames where the expressions matched
readarray -t files_to_inspect < <(sed -s -n -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" -e "F" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# Case when particular rule isn't defined in /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules yet
if [ ${#files_to_inspect[@]} -eq "0" ]
then
file_to_inspect="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
files_to_inspect=("$file_to_inspect")
if [ ! -e "$file_to_inspect" ]
then
touch "$file_to_inspect"
chmod 0640 "$file_to_inspect"
fi
fi
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# file to the list of files to be inspected
default_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules' )
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
|
Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchownat
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root. If the auditd daemon is configured
to use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon
startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix
.rules in the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchownat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchownat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fchownat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchownat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_fchownat | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000126, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219 | Remediation Ansible snippet ⇲Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | true |
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Strategy: | restrict |
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- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchownat
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set architecture for audit fchownat tasks
set_fact:
audit_arch: b64
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "ppc64" or ansible_architecture
== "ppc64le" or ansible_architecture == "s390x" or ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchownat
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fchownat for 32bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchownat
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of fchownat in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchownat
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of fchownat in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchownat
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fchownat for 64bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchownat
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of fchownat in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fchownat
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of fchownat in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- audit_arch == "b64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fchownat
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script ⇲# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then
# First perform the remediation of the syscall rule
# Retrieve hardware architecture of the underlying system
[ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] && RULE_ARCHS=("b32") || RULE_ARCHS=("b32" "b64")
for ARCH in "${RULE_ARCHS[@]}"
do
ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS="-a always,exit -F arch=$ARCH"
OTHER_FILTERS=""
AUID_FILTERS="-F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset"
SYSCALL="fchownat"
KEY="perm_mod"
SYSCALL_GROUPING="chown fchown fchownat lchown"
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'augenrules', then check if the audit rule is defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to the list for inspection
# If rule isn't defined yet, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules' to the list for inspection
default_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
# As other_filters may include paths, lets use a different delimiter for it
# The "F" script expression tells sed to print the filenames where the expressions matched
readarray -t files_to_inspect < <(sed -s -n -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" -e "F" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# Case when particular rule isn't defined in /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules yet
if [ ${#files_to_inspect[@]} -eq "0" ]
then
file_to_inspect="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
files_to_inspect=("$file_to_inspect")
if [ ! -e "$file_to_inspect" ]
then
touch "$file_to_inspect"
chmod 0640 "$file_to_inspect"
fi
fi
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# file to the list of files to be inspected
default_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules' )
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
|
Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fremovexattr
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root.
If the auditd daemon is configured
to use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon
startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix
.rules in the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_fremovexattr | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000463-GPOS-00207, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000468-GPOS-00212, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033 | Remediation Ansible snippet ⇲Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fremovexattr
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set architecture for audit fremovexattr tasks
set_fact:
audit_arch: b64
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "ppc64" or ansible_architecture
== "ppc64le" or ansible_architecture == "s390x" or ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fremovexattr
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fremovexattr for 32bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fremovexattr
syscall_grouping:
- fremovexattr
- lremovexattr
- removexattr
- fsetxattr
- lsetxattr
- setxattr
- name: Check existence of fremovexattr in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fremovexattr
syscall_grouping:
- fremovexattr
- lremovexattr
- removexattr
- fsetxattr
- lsetxattr
- setxattr
- name: Check existence of fremovexattr in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fremovexattr
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fremovexattr for 64bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fremovexattr
syscall_grouping:
- fremovexattr
- lremovexattr
- removexattr
- fsetxattr
- lsetxattr
- setxattr
- name: Check existence of fremovexattr in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fremovexattr
syscall_grouping:
- fremovexattr
- lremovexattr
- removexattr
- fsetxattr
- lsetxattr
- setxattr
- name: Check existence of fremovexattr in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- audit_arch == "b64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fremovexattr
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script ⇲# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then
# First perform the remediation of the syscall rule
# Retrieve hardware architecture of the underlying system
[ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] && RULE_ARCHS=("b32") || RULE_ARCHS=("b32" "b64")
for ARCH in "${RULE_ARCHS[@]}"
do
ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS="-a always,exit -F arch=$ARCH"
OTHER_FILTERS=""
AUID_FILTERS="-F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset"
SYSCALL="fremovexattr"
KEY="perm_mod"
SYSCALL_GROUPING="fremovexattr lremovexattr removexattr fsetxattr lsetxattr setxattr"
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'augenrules', then check if the audit rule is defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to the list for inspection
# If rule isn't defined yet, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules' to the list for inspection
default_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
# As other_filters may include paths, lets use a different delimiter for it
# The "F" script expression tells sed to print the filenames where the expressions matched
readarray -t files_to_inspect < <(sed -s -n -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" -e "F" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# Case when particular rule isn't defined in /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules yet
if [ ${#files_to_inspect[@]} -eq "0" ]
then
file_to_inspect="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
files_to_inspect=("$file_to_inspect")
if [ ! -e "$file_to_inspect" ]
then
touch "$file_to_inspect"
chmod 0640 "$file_to_inspect"
fi
fi
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# file to the list of files to be inspected
default_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules' )
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
|
Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fsetxattr
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root. If the auditd daemon is configured
to use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon
startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix
.rules in the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fsetxattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fsetxattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S fsetxattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fsetxattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_fsetxattr | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000126, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000463-GPOS-00207, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000468-GPOS-00212, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033 | Remediation Ansible snippet ⇲Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fsetxattr
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set architecture for audit fsetxattr tasks
set_fact:
audit_arch: b64
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "ppc64" or ansible_architecture
== "ppc64le" or ansible_architecture == "s390x" or ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fsetxattr
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fsetxattr for 32bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fsetxattr
syscall_grouping:
- fremovexattr
- lremovexattr
- removexattr
- fsetxattr
- lsetxattr
- setxattr
- name: Check existence of fsetxattr in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fsetxattr
syscall_grouping:
- fremovexattr
- lremovexattr
- removexattr
- fsetxattr
- lsetxattr
- setxattr
- name: Check existence of fsetxattr in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fsetxattr
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for fsetxattr for 64bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fsetxattr
syscall_grouping:
- fremovexattr
- lremovexattr
- removexattr
- fsetxattr
- lsetxattr
- setxattr
- name: Check existence of fsetxattr in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- fsetxattr
syscall_grouping:
- fremovexattr
- lremovexattr
- removexattr
- fsetxattr
- lsetxattr
- setxattr
- name: Check existence of fsetxattr in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- audit_arch == "b64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_fsetxattr
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script ⇲# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then
# First perform the remediation of the syscall rule
# Retrieve hardware architecture of the underlying system
[ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] && RULE_ARCHS=("b32") || RULE_ARCHS=("b32" "b64")
for ARCH in "${RULE_ARCHS[@]}"
do
ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS="-a always,exit -F arch=$ARCH"
OTHER_FILTERS=""
AUID_FILTERS="-F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset"
SYSCALL="fsetxattr"
KEY="perm_mod"
SYSCALL_GROUPING="fremovexattr lremovexattr removexattr fsetxattr lsetxattr setxattr"
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'augenrules', then check if the audit rule is defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to the list for inspection
# If rule isn't defined yet, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules' to the list for inspection
default_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
# As other_filters may include paths, lets use a different delimiter for it
# The "F" script expression tells sed to print the filenames where the expressions matched
readarray -t files_to_inspect < <(sed -s -n -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" -e "F" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# Case when particular rule isn't defined in /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules yet
if [ ${#files_to_inspect[@]} -eq "0" ]
then
file_to_inspect="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
files_to_inspect=("$file_to_inspect")
if [ ! -e "$file_to_inspect" ]
then
touch "$file_to_inspect"
chmod 0640 "$file_to_inspect"
fi
fi
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# file to the list of files to be inspected
default_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules' )
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
|
Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lchown
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root. If the auditd daemon is configured
to use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon
startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix
.rules in the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_lchown | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000126, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219 | Remediation Ansible snippet ⇲Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_lchown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set architecture for audit lchown tasks
set_fact:
audit_arch: b64
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "ppc64" or ansible_architecture
== "ppc64le" or ansible_architecture == "s390x" or ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_lchown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for lchown for 32bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- lchown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of lchown in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- lchown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of lchown in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b32(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b32)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_lchown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- name: Perform remediation of Audit rules for lchown for 64bit platform
block:
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- lchown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of lchown in /etc/audit/rules.d/
find:
paths: /etc/audit/rules.d
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: '*.rules'
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Reset syscalls found per file
set_fact:
syscalls_per_file: {}
found_paths_dict: {}
- name: Declare syscalls found per file
set_fact: syscalls_per_file="{{ syscalls_per_file | combine( {item.files[0].path
:[item.item] + syscalls_per_file.get(item.files[0].path, []) } ) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | selectattr(''matched'') | list }}'
- name: Declare files where syscalls were found
set_fact: found_paths="{{ find_command.results | map(attribute='files') | flatten
| map(attribute='path') | list }}"
- name: Count occurrences of syscalls in paths
set_fact: found_paths_dict="{{ found_paths_dict | combine({ item:1+found_paths_dict.get(item,
0) }) }}"
loop: '{{ find_command.results | map(attribute=''files'') | flatten | map(attribute=''path'')
| list }}'
- name: Get path with most syscalls
set_fact: audit_file="{{ (found_paths_dict | dict2items() | sort(attribute='value')
| last).key }}"
when: found_paths | length >= 1
- name: No file with syscall found, set path to /etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules"
when: found_paths | length == 0
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_per_file[audit_file]
| join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k
|-F key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
- name: Declare list of syscalls
set_fact:
syscalls:
- lchown
syscall_grouping:
- chown
- fchown
- fchownat
- lchown
- name: Check existence of lchown in /etc/audit/audit.rules
find:
paths: /etc/audit
contains: -a always,exit -F arch=b64(( -S |,)\w+)*(( -S |,){{ item }})+(( -S
|,)\w+)* -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (-k\s+|-F\s+key=)\S+\s*$
patterns: audit.rules
register: find_command
loop: '{{ (syscall_grouping + syscalls) | unique }}'
- name: Set path to /etc/audit/audit.rules
set_fact: audit_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
- name: Declare found syscalls
set_fact: syscalls_found="{{ find_command.results | selectattr('matched') | map(attribute='item')
| list }}"
- name: Declare missing syscalls
set_fact: missing_syscalls="{{ syscalls | difference(syscalls_found) }}"
- name: Replace the audit rule in {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
regexp: (-a always,exit -F arch=b64)(?=.*(?:(?:-S |,)(?:{{ syscalls_found |
join("|") }}))\b)((?:( -S |,)\w+)+)( -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset (?:-k |-F
key=)\w+)
line: \1\2\3{{ missing_syscalls | join("\3") }}\4
backrefs: true
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length > 0 and missing_syscalls | length > 0
- name: Add the audit rule to {{ audit_file }}
lineinfile:
path: '{{ audit_file }}'
line: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S {{ syscalls | join(',') }} -F auid>=1000
-F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
create: true
mode: o-rwx
state: present
when: syscalls_found | length == 0
when:
- '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- audit_arch == "b64"
tags:
- CJIS-5.4.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.7
- NIST-800-53-AU-12(c)
- NIST-800-53-AU-2(d)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-10.5.5
- PCI-DSSv4-10.3.4
- audit_rules_dac_modification_lchown
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script ⇲# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then
# First perform the remediation of the syscall rule
# Retrieve hardware architecture of the underlying system
[ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] && RULE_ARCHS=("b32") || RULE_ARCHS=("b32" "b64")
for ARCH in "${RULE_ARCHS[@]}"
do
ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS="-a always,exit -F arch=$ARCH"
OTHER_FILTERS=""
AUID_FILTERS="-F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset"
SYSCALL="lchown"
KEY="perm_mod"
SYSCALL_GROUPING="chown fchown fchownat lchown"
# Perform the remediation for both possible tools: 'auditctl' and 'augenrules'
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'augenrules', then check if the audit rule is defined
# If rule is defined, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules' to the list for inspection
# If rule isn't defined yet, add '/etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules' to the list for inspection
default_file="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
# As other_filters may include paths, lets use a different delimiter for it
# The "F" script expression tells sed to print the filenames where the expressions matched
readarray -t files_to_inspect < <(sed -s -n -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" -e "F" /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules)
# Case when particular rule isn't defined in /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules yet
if [ ${#files_to_inspect[@]} -eq "0" ]
then
file_to_inspect="/etc/audit/rules.d/$KEY.rules"
files_to_inspect=("$file_to_inspect")
if [ ! -e "$file_to_inspect" ]
then
touch "$file_to_inspect"
chmod 0640 "$file_to_inspect"
fi
fi
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
unset syscall_a
unset syscall_grouping
unset syscall_string
unset syscall
unset file_to_edit
unset rule_to_edit
unset rule_syscalls_to_edit
unset other_string
unset auid_string
unset full_rule
# Load macro arguments into arrays
read -a syscall_a <<< $SYSCALL
read -a syscall_grouping <<< $SYSCALL_GROUPING
# Create a list of audit *.rules files that should be inspected for presence and correctness
# of a particular audit rule. The scheme is as follows:
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool used to load audit rules | Rule already defined | Audit rules file to inspect |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# auditctl | Doesn't matter | /etc/audit/audit.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# augenrules | Yes | /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules |
# augenrules | No | /etc/audit/rules.d/$key.rules |
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
files_to_inspect=()
# If audit tool is 'auditctl', then add '/etc/audit/audit.rules'
# file to the list of files to be inspected
default_file="/etc/audit/audit.rules"
files_to_inspect+=('/etc/audit/audit.rules' )
# After converting to jinja, we cannot return; therefore we skip the rest of the macro if needed instead
skip=1
for audit_file in "${files_to_inspect[@]}"
do
# Filter existing $audit_file rules' definitions to select those that satisfy the rule pattern,
# i.e, collect rules that match:
# * the action, list and arch, (2-nd argument)
# * the other filters, (3-rd argument)
# * the auid filters, (4-rd argument)
readarray -t similar_rules < <(sed -e "/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS/!d" -e "\#$OTHER_FILTERS#!d" -e "/$AUID_FILTERS/!d" "$audit_file")
candidate_rules=()
# Filter out rules that have more fields then required. This will remove rules more specific than the required scope
for s_rule in "${similar_rules[@]}"
do
# Strip all the options and fields we know of,
# than check if there was any field left over
extra_fields=$(sed -E -e "s/^$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS//" -e "s#$OTHER_FILTERS##" -e "s/$AUID_FILTERS//" -e "s/((:?-S [[:alnum:],]+)+)//g" -e "s/-F key=\w+|-k \w+//"<<< "$s_rule")
grep -q -- "-F" <<< "$extra_fields" || candidate_rules+=("$s_rule")
done
if [[ ${#syscall_a[@]} -ge 1 ]]
then
# Check if the syscall we want is present in any of the similar existing rules
for rule in "${candidate_rules[@]}"
do
rule_syscalls=$(echo "$rule" | grep -o -P '(-S [\w,]+)+' | xargs)
all_syscalls_found=0
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
all_syscalls_found=1
}
done
if [[ $all_syscalls_found -eq 0 ]]
then
# We found a rule with all the syscall(s) we want; skip rest of macro
skip=0
break
fi
# Check if this rule can be grouped with our target syscall and keep track of it
for syscall_g in "${syscall_grouping[@]}"
do
if grep -q -- "\b${syscall_g}\b" <<< "$rule_syscalls"
then
file_to_edit=${audit_file}
rule_to_edit=${rule}
rule_syscalls_to_edit=${rule_syscalls}
fi
done
done
else
# If there is any candidate rule, it is compliant; skip rest of macro
if [ "${#candidate_rules[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
skip=0
fi
fi
if [ "$skip" -eq 0 ]; then
break
fi
done
if [ "$skip" -ne 0 ]; then
# We checked all rules that matched the expected resemblance pattern (action, arch & auid)
# At this point we know if we need to either append the $full_rule or group
# the syscall together with an exsiting rule
# Append the full_rule if it cannot be grouped to any other rule
if [ -z ${rule_to_edit+x} ]
then
# Build full_rule while avoid adding double spaces when other_filters is empty
if [ "${#syscall_a[@]}" -gt 0 ]
then
syscall_string=""
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
syscall_string+=" -S $syscall"
done
fi
other_string=$([[ $OTHER_FILTERS ]] && echo " $OTHER_FILTERS") || /bin/true
auid_string=$([[ $AUID_FILTERS ]] && echo " $AUID_FILTERS") || /bin/true
full_rule="$ACTION_ARCH_FILTERS${syscall_string}${other_string}${auid_string} -F key=$KEY" || /bin/true
echo "$full_rule" >> "$default_file"
chmod o-rwx ${default_file}
else
# Check if the syscalls are declared as a comma separated list or
# as multiple -S parameters
if grep -q -- "," <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
then
delimiter=","
else
delimiter=" -S "
fi
new_grouped_syscalls="${rule_syscalls_to_edit}"
for syscall in "${syscall_a[@]}"
do
grep -q -- "\b${syscall}\b" <<< "${rule_syscalls_to_edit}" || {
# A syscall was not found in the candidate rule
new_grouped_syscalls+="${delimiter}${syscall}"
}
done
# Group the syscall in the rule
sed -i -e "\#${rule_to_edit}#s#${rule_syscalls_to_edit}#${new_grouped_syscalls}#" "$file_to_edit"
fi
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
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Rule
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lremovexattr
[ref] | At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission
changes for all users and root.
If the auditd daemon is configured
to use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon
startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix
.rules in the directory /etc/audit/rules.d :
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S lremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S lremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S lremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
If the system is 64 bit then also add the following line:
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S lremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod Warning:
Note that these rules can be configured in a
number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls
have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping these system
calls with others as identifying earlier in this guide is more efficient. | Rationale: | The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to
gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications
can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and
unauthorized users. | Severity: | medium | Rule ID: | xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_dac_modification_lremovexattr | Identifiers and References | References:
BP28(R73), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5.4.1.1, APO10.01, APO10.03, APO10.04, APO10.05, APO11.04, APO12.06, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS01.03, DSS01.04, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, MEA01.01, MEA01.02, MEA01.03, MEA01.04, MEA01.05, MEA02.01, 3.1.7, CCI-000130, CCI-000135, CCI-000169, CCI-000172, CCI-002884, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3)(ii)(A), 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(b), 164.312(d), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.10, 4.3.2.6.7, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.13, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.6, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 6.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.15.2.2, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, AU-2(d), AU-12(c), CM-6(a), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, DE.CM-7, ID.SC-4, PR.AC-3, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, FAU_GEN.1.1.c, Req-10.5.5, 10.3.4, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000463-GPOS-00207, SRG-OS-000468-GPOS-00212, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033 | |
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