Details

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Security_Guide/chap-system_auditing.html

Solution

Add a rule for /etc/sysconfig/docker file.

For example,Add the line as below in /etc/audit/audit.rules file

–w /etc/sysconfig/docker -k docker

Then, restart the audit daemon. For example,

#> service auditd restart

Impact-Auditing generates quite big log files. Ensure to rotate and archive them periodically. Also,
create a separate partition of audit to avoid filling root file system.

Default Value-By default, Docker related files and directories are not audited. The file
/etc/sysconfig/docker may not be available on the system. In that case, this
recommendation is not applicable.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/514

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Audit and Accountability.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AU-12c.

Source

• Tenable.com/audits