Skip to content
Log In

Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 7

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Uninstall abrt-cli Package

    The abrt-cli package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase abrt-cli
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall abrt-plugin-logger Package

    The abrt-plugin-logger package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase abrt-plugin-logger
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall abrt-plugin-rhtsupport Package

    The abrt-plugin-rhtsupport package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase abrt-plugin-rhtsupport
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall abrt-plugin-sosreport Package

    The abrt-plugin-sosreport package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase abrt-plugin-sosreport
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall geolite2-city Package

    The geolite2-city package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase geolite2-city
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall geolite2-country Package

    The geolite2-country package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase geolite2-country
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall gssproxy Package

    The gssproxy package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase gssproxy
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall iprutils Package

    The iprutils package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase iprutils
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall libreport-plugin-logger Package

    The libreport-plugin-logger package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase libreport-plugin-logger
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall libreport-plugin-rhtsupport Package

    The libreport-plugin-rhtsupport package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase libreport-plugin-rhtsupport
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Uninstall tuned Package

    The tuned package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase tuned
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Ensure yum Removes Previous Package Versions

    <code>yum</code> should be configured to remove previous software components after new versions have been installed. To configure <code>yum</code> to remove the previous software components after ...
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Local Packages

    <code>yum</code> should be configured to verify the signature(s) of local packages prior to installation. To configure <code>yum</code> to verify signatures of local packages, set the <code>localpk...
    Rule High Severity
    Show

  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for All yum Package Repositories

    To ensure signature checking is not disabled for any repos, remove any lines from files in /etc/yum.repos.d of the form: 
    gpgcheck=0
    Rule High Severity
    Show

  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Repository Metadata

    Verify the operating system prevents the installation of patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components of local packages without verification of the repository metadata. Ch...
    Rule High Severity
    Show

  • Ensure Oracle Linux GPG Key Installed

    To ensure the system can cryptographically verify base software packages come from Oracle (and to connect to the Unbreakable Linux Network to receive them), the Oracle GPG key must properly be inst...
    Rule High Severity
    Show

  • Verify permissions on System Login Banner

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/issue, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/issue
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Account and Access Control

    In traditional Unix security, if an attacker gains shell access to a certain login account, they can perform any action or access any file to which that account has access. Therefore, making it mor...
    Group
    Show

  • Ensure system-auth and password-auth files are symbolic links pointing to system-auth-local and password-auth-local

    Oracle Linux 7 must be configured to prevent overwriting of custom authentication configuration settings by the authconfig utility. This can be avoided by creating new local configuration files and...
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Warning Banners for System Accesses

    Each system should expose as little information about itself as possible. <br> <br> System banners, which are typically displayed just before a login prompt, give out information about the s...
    Group
    Show

Node 2

siemur/test-space

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

Capacity
Modules