{"description": "If the <tt>auditd</tt> daemon is configured to use the\n<tt>augenrules</tt> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the\ndefault), add the following line to a file with suffix <tt>.rules</tt> in the\ndirectory <tt>/etc/audit/rules.d</tt>:\n\n<pre>-w /etc/apparmor/ -p wa -k MAC-policy</pre>\n<pre>-w /etc/apparmor.d/ -p wa -k MAC-policy</pre>\n\nIf the <tt>auditd</tt> daemon is configured to use the <tt>auditctl</tt>\nutility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to\n<tt>/etc/audit/audit.rules</tt> file:\n\n<pre>-w /etc/apparmor/ -p wa -k MAC-policy</pre>\n<pre>-w /etc/apparmor.d/ -p wa -k MAC-policy</pre>", "rationale": "The system's mandatory access policy (SELinux or Apparmor) should not be\narbitrarily changed by anything other than administrator action. All changes to\nMAC policy should be audited.", "severity": "medium", "references": {"cis-csc": ["1", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "19", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"], "cjis": ["5.4.1.1"], "cobit5": ["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"], "cui": ["3.1.8"], "hipaa": ["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)"], "isa-62443-2009": ["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"], "isa-62443-2013": ["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"], "iso27001-2013": ["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"], "nist": ["AU-2(d)", "AU-12(c)", "CM-6(a)"], "nist-csf": ["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"], "pcidss": ["Req-10.5.5"], "anssi": ["R73"], "pcidss4": ["10.3.4", "10.3"]}, "control_references": {"anssi": ["R73"], "pcidss4": ["10.3.4", "10.3"]}, "components": [], "identifiers": {}, "ocil_clause": "the system is not configured to audit attempts to change the MAC policy", "ocil": "To determine if the system is configured to audit changes to its SELinux\nconfiguration files, run the following command:\n<pre>$ sudo auditctl -l | grep \"dir=/etc/selinux\"</pre>\nIf the system is configured to watch for changes to its SELinux\nconfiguration, a line should be returned (including\n<tt>perm=wa</tt> indicating permissions that are watched).", "oval_external_content": null, "fixtext": "", "checktext": "", "vuldiscussion": "", "srg_requirement": "", "warnings": [], "conflicts": [], "requires": [], "policy_specific_content": {}, "platform": null, "platforms": [], "sce_metadata": {}, "inherited_platforms": ["package[audit]", "system_with_kernel"], "cpe_platform_names": [], "inherited_cpe_platform_names": ["system_with_kernel", "package_audit"], "bash_conditional": null, "fixes": {}, "title": "Record Events that Modify the System's Mandatory Access Controls", "definition_location": "/aptdata/openscap/scap-security-guide/linux_os/guide/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_mac_modification/rule.yml", "template": null}