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Collect Session Initiation Information

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8.1.9 Collect Session Initiation Information (Scored)

Profile Applicability

  • Level 2

Description

Monitor session initiation events. The parameters in this section track changes to the files associated with session events. The file /var/run/utmp tracks all currently logged in users. The /var/log/wtmp file tracks logins, logouts, shutdown and reboot events. All audit records will be tagged with the identifier "session." The file /var/log/btmp keeps track of failed login attempts and can be read by entering the command /usr/bin/last -f /var/log/btmp. All audit records will be tagged with the identifier "logins."

Rationale

Monitoring these files for changes could alert a system administrator to logins occurring at unusual hours, which could indicate intruder activity (i.e. a user logging in at a time when they do not normally log in).

Audit Procedure

Using Command Line

Perform the following to determine if session initiation information is collected.

grep session /etc/audit/audit.rules

Expected Result

-w /var/run/utmp -p wa -k session
-w /var/log/wtmp -p wa -k session
-w /var/log/btmp -p wa -k session

Remediation

Using Command Line

Add the following lines to the /etc/audit/audit.rules file:

-w /var/run/utmp -p wa -k session
-w /var/log/wtmp -p wa -k session
-w /var/log/btmp -p wa -k session
# Execute the following command to restart auditd
# pkill -HUP -P 1 auditd

Note: Use the last command to read /var/log/wtmp (last with no parameters) and /var/run/utmp (last -f /var/run/utmp).

Default Value

By default, session initiation information is not collected via auditd.

References

  • CIS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server Benchmark v1.1.0

Profile

Level 2 - Scored