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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 10

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) - LDAP

    The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is a system daemon that provides access to different identity and authentication providers such as Red H...
    Group
  • Configure SSSD LDAP Backend Client to Demand a Valid Certificate from the Server

    Configure SSSD to demand a valid certificate from the server to protect the integrity of LDAP remote access sessions by setting the <pre>ldap_tls_r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure Maximum Number of Autoconfigured Addresses on All IPv6 Interfaces By Default

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv6.conf.default.max_addresses</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Configure Denying Router Solicitations on All IPv6 Interfaces By Default

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv6.conf.default.router_solicitations</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo s...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Kernel Parameters Which Affect Networking

    The <code>sysctl</code> utility is used to set parameters which affect the operation of the Linux kernel. Kernel parameters which affect networking...
    Group
  • Network Related Kernel Runtime Parameters for Hosts and Routers

    Certain kernel parameters should be set for systems which are acting as either hosts or routers to improve the system's ability defend against cert...
    Group
  • net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects

    Disable ICMP Redirect Acceptance
    Value
  • net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route

    Trackers could be using source-routed packets to generate traffic that seems to be intra-net, but actually was created outside and has been redirec...
    Value
  • Verify User Who Owns /etc/crypttab File

    To properly set the owner of /etc/crypttab, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /etc/crypttab 
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify User Who Owns System.map Files

    The System.map files are symbol map files generated during the compilation of the Linux kernel. They contain the mapping between kernel symbols and...
    Rule Low Severity

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