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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000425

    Group
  • The operating system must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission.

    Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, for example, during aggregation, at protocol transformation points, and during pa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000426

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000432

    Group
  • The operating system must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives when invalid inputs are received.

    A common vulnerability of operating system is unpredictable behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards against adverse or unintended system behavior caused by invalid inputs...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000433

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000433

    Group
  • The operating system must implement address space layout randomization to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

    Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations that are prohibited. Security safeguards employed to protect memory incl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000437

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000445

    Group

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