OSSEC / HIDS Rule 60034

OSSEC / HIDS rule catalog

• Rule family: OSSEC / HIDS
• Rule ID: 60034
• Definition status: Present in current source
• Alert message / subject: Operating System denied resource overstep
• Rule level: 7
• Definition checked: 2026-10-21

Interpretation and response

This event is recorded as “Operating System denied resource overstep”. Review the originating log and the affected host or service to determine whether the activity was expected.

An OSSEC/HIDS event records or correlates activity. Blocking depends on the originating application and any separately configured Active Response policy; an alert alone does not prove that an attack was blocked.

Documentation

The following guidance was migrated from the historical wiki and reviewed against the rule definition. Legacy ASL product names and interface instructions refer to the versions documented then. Use the current metadata above and your installed configuration when interpreting thresholds, notification settings and response behavior.

Rule ID

60034

Status

The wiki marked this rule Active at the source revision. Current definition status is shown above.

Description

This rule is a catch all rule that detects when an application is exceeding the system wide resource limits defined in /etc/ /etc/security/limits.conf and/or /etc/security/limits.d/. This is not being blocked by ASL, the kernel is only reporting the condition. It can be indicative of an attempt to create a resource denial of service condition, or of a misconfigured application.

False Positives

None.

Tuning Recommendations

None.

Source and revision

Migrated from HIDS_60034, wiki page 687, revision 5836 (20170301). Documentation review: 2026-10-21. An archived wiki status of Active is not a current deployment status.

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