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Ensure That the Drive Space Threshold Is Correct

🗓️ 07 May 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Ensure drive space thresholds in auditd.conf to prevent service failures when logs fill the drive.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# METADATA
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130295");
  script_version("2025-11-21T05:40:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-21 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 21 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-05-07 11:44:17 +0000 (Wed, 07 May 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");

  script_name("Ensure That the Drive Space Threshold Is Correct");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "compliance_os_check.nasl");

  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch", "policy/ssh/login/euleros_openeuler");

  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 4. Log Audit: 4.1 Audit: 4.1.12 Ensure That the Drive Space Threshold Is Correct (Recommendation)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"openEuler Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 4. Log Audit: 4.1 Audit: 4.1.12 Ensure That the Drive Space Threshold Is Correct (Recommendation)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"If the drive space is fully occupied by auditd logs, services
may fail to be executed. Therefore, set related configuration items in advance to prevent serious
system issues caused by low drive space.
The following items in the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file have been configured with default values in
openEuler :

space_left = 75
space_left_action = SYSLOG
admin_space_left = 50
admin_space_left_action = SUSPEND
disk_full_action = SUSPEND
disk_error_action = SUSPEND

You can modify them based on the service scenario.");

  exit(0);
}

include("ssh_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("policy_reporting_module.inc");

title = "Ensure That the Drive Space Threshold Is Correct";

solution = "Open the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file and configure the following fields:

# vim /etc/audit/auditd.conf
space_left =
space_left_action =
admin_space_left =
admin_space_left_action =
disk_full_action =
disk_error_action =

Restart the auditd service for the configuration to take effect.

# service auditd restart
Stopping logging: [ OK ]
Redirecting start to /bin/systemctl start auditd.service";

check_type = "SSH_Cmd";

action = 'Run the command in the terminal:
# grep -wiE "space_left|space_left_action|admin_space_left|admin_space_left_action|disk_full_action|disk_error_action" /etc/audit/auditd.conf 2>/dev/null | grep -vE "^\\s*#"';

expected_value = 'The output should not be empty';

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CONNECTION CHECK
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(!get_kb_item("login/SSH/success") || !sock = ssh_login_or_reuse_connection()){

  report_ssh_error(title: title,
                   solution: solution,
                   action: action,
                   expected_value: expected_value,
                   check_type: check_type);
  exit(0);
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK : Check auditd.conf
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

step_cmd = 'grep -wiE "space_left|space_left_action|admin_space_left|admin_space_left_action|disk_full_action|disk_error_action" /etc/audit/auditd.conf 2>/dev/null | grep -vE "^\\s*#"';
actual_value = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:step_cmd, return_errors:TRUE, return_linux_errors_only:TRUE);

if(eregmatch(string: actual_value, pattern:"(No such file or directory|Permission denied|Command not found|Segmentation fault|service not found|is not running|syntax error near unexpected token|syntax error: unexpected end of file)", icase: TRUE)){
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "Something went wrong during the audit check. Please try again.";
}else if(actual_value){
  compliant = "yes";
  comment = "Check passed";
}else{
  compliant = "no";
  comment = "Check failed";
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# REPORT
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

target = get_kb_item("policy/ssh/login/os-release");
comment = "Target: " + target + "\n" + comment;

report_audit(action: action,
             actual_value: actual_value,
             expected_value: expected_value,
             is_compliant: compliant,
             solution: solution,
             check_type: check_type,
             title: title,
             comment: comment);

exit(0);

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