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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Add noexec Option to /var/log

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var/log</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add nosuid Option to /var/log

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/var/log</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions sh...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add nodev Option to /var

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var</code>. Legitimate character and block dev...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add noexec Option to /var

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> opti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Bind Mount /var/tmp To /tmp

    The <code>/var/tmp</code> directory is a world-writable directory. Bind-mount it to <code>/tmp</code> in order to consolidate temporary storage int...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Add nodev Option to /var/tmp

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var/tmp</code>. Legitimate character and block...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add noexec Option to /var/tmp

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var/tmp</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add nosuid Option to /var/tmp

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/var/tmp</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions sh...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable storing core dump

    The <code>Storage</code> option in <code>[Coredump]</code> sectionof <code>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</code> can be set to <code>none</code> to dis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable storing core dumps

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.core_pattern</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.core_pa...
    Rule Medium Severity

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