Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Ensure /var/log Located On Separate Partition
System logs are stored in the <code>/var/log</code> directory. Ensure that <code>/var/log</code> has its own partition or logical volume at instal...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /var/log/audit Located On Separate Partition
Audit logs are stored in the <code>/var/log/audit</code> directory. Ensure that <code>/var/log/audit</code> has its own partition or logical volum...Rule Low Severity -
GNOME Desktop Environment
GNOME is a graphical desktop environment bundled with many Linux distributions that allow users to easily interact with the operating system graphi...Group -
Remove the GDM Package Group
By removing the <code>gdm</code> package, the system no longer has GNOME installed installed. If X Windows is not installed then the system canno...Rule Medium Severity -
Make sure that the dconf databases are up-to-date with regards to respective keyfiles
By default, DConf uses a binary database as a data backend. The system-level database is compiled from keyfiles in the /etc/dconf/db/ directory by ...Rule High Severity -
Configure GNOME3 DConf User Profile
By default, DConf provides a standard user profile. This profile contains a list of DConf configuration databases. The user profile and database al...Rule High Severity -
Configure GNOME Login Screen
In the default GNOME desktop, the login is displayed after system boot and can display user accounts, allow users to reboot the system, and allow u...Group -
Group name dedicated to the use of sudo
Specify the name of the group that should own /usr/bin/sudo.Value -
Sudo - logfile value
Specify the sudo logfile to use. The default value used here matches the example location from CIS, which uses /var/log/sudo.log.Value -
Disable the GNOME3 Login Restart and Shutdown Buttons
In the default graphical environment, users logging directly into the system are greeted with a login screen that allows any user, known or unknown...Rule High Severity -
Disable the GNOME3 Login User List
In the default graphical environment, users logging directly into the system are greeted with a login screen that displays all known users. This fu...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the GNOME3 Login Smartcard Authentication
In the default graphical environment, smart card authentication can be enabled on the login screen by setting <code>enable-smartcard-authentication...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the GNOME3 Screen Locking On Smartcard Removal
In the default graphical environment, screen locking on smartcard removal can be enabled by setting <code>removal-action</code> to <code>'lock-scre...Rule Medium Severity -
Set the GNOME3 Login Number of Failures
In the default graphical environment, the GNOME3 login screen and be configured to restart the authentication process after a configured number of ...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable GDM Automatic Login
The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) can allow users to automatically login without user interaction or credentials. User should always be required to a...Rule High Severity -
Disable GDM Guest Login
The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) can allow users to login without credentials which can be useful for public kiosk scenarios. Allowing users to logi...Rule High Severity -
Disable XDMCP in GDM
XDMCP is an unencrypted protocol, and therefore, presents a security risk, see e.g. <a href="https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/stable/security.html....Rule High Severity -
GNOME Media Settings
GNOME media settings that apply to the graphical interface.Group -
Disable GNOME3 Automounting
The system's default desktop environment, GNOME3, will mount devices and removable media (such as DVDs, CDs and USB flash drives) whenever they are...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable GNOME3 Automount Opening
The system's default desktop environment, GNOME3, will mount devices and removable media (such as DVDs, CDs and USB flash drives) whenever they are...Rule Medium Severity
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