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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    Group
  • The RHEL 8 /var/log/messages file must have mode 0640 or less permissive.

    Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organization's operational state or can identify the RHEL 8 system or platfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    Group
  • The RHEL 8 /var/log/messages file must be owned by root.

    Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organization's operational state or can identify the RHEL 8 system or platfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    Group
  • The RHEL 8 /var/log directory must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

    Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organization's operational state or can identify the RHEL 8 system or platfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

    Group
  • The RHEL 8 /var/log directory must be group-owned by root.

    Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organization's operational state or can identify the RHEL 8 system or platfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093

    Group
  • The RHEL 8 operating system must implement DOD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of SSH server connections.

    Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. Remote access (e.g., RDP) is access to DOD nonpublic information systems by an auth...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093

    Group
  • The RHEL 8 operating system must implement DoD-approved TLS encryption in the OpenSSL package.

    Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. Remote access (e.g., RDP) is access to DoD nonpublic information systems by an auth...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    Group
  • RHEL 8 system commands must have mode 755 or less permissive.

    If RHEL 8 were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing the appropriate testing and approvals that are part of a robust ch...
    Rule Medium Severity

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