Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 8
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Disable the ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the ssh_keysign SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>ssh_keysign</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <code>ssh_...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the ssh_sysadm_login SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>ssh_sysadm_login</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <code...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the staff_exec_content SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>staff_exec_content</code> is enabled. If this setting is disabled, it should be enabled. To enable the <code...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the sysadm_exec_content SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>sysadm_exec_content</code> is enabled. If this setting is disabled, it should be enabled. To enable the <cod...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the unconfined_login SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>unconfined_login</code> is enabled. If this setting is disabled, it should be enabled. To enable the <code>u...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the use_ecryptfs_home_dirs SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>use_ecryptfs_home_dirs</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the user_exec_content SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>user_exec_content</code> is enabled. If this setting is disabled, it should be enabled. To enable the <code>...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xdm_bind_vnc_tcp_port SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xdm_bind_vnc_tcp_port</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the ...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xdm_exec_bootloader SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xdm_exec_bootloader</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <c...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xdm_sysadm_login SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xdm_sysadm_login</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <code...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xdm_write_home SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xdm_write_home</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <code>x...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xguest_connect_network SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_connect_network</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guest users should not be able t...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xguest_exec_content SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_exec_content</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guest users should not be able to r...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xguest_mount_media SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_mount_media</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guest users should not be able to mo...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xguest_use_bluetooth SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_use_bluetooth</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guests users should not be able to...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xserver_clients_write_xshm SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xserver_clients_write_xshm</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xserver_execmem SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xserver_execmem</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <code>...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable the xserver_object_manager SELinux Boolean
By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xserver_object_manager</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the...Rule Medium Severity -
Services
The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Oracle Linux 8 in...Group -
Apport Service
The Apport service provides debugging and crash reporting features on Ubuntu distributions.Group -
APT service configuration
The apt service manage the package management and update of the whole system. Its configuration need to be properly defined to ensure efficient sec...Group -
Avahi Server
The Avahi daemon implements the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS protocols, which provide service and host discovery on a network. It allows...Group -
Configure Avahi if Necessary
If your system requires the Avahi daemon, its configuration can be restricted to improve security. The Avahi daemon configuration file is <code>/et...Group -
Disable Avahi Publishing
To prevent Avahi from publishing its records, edit <code>/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf</code> and ensure the following line appears in the <code>[pu...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Avahi Server if Possible
Because the Avahi daemon service keeps an open network port, it is subject to network attacks. Disabling it can reduce the system's vulnerability t...Group -
Disable Avahi Server Software
Theavahi-daemonservice can be disabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl mask --now avahi-daemon.service
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Base Services
This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Oracle Linux 8 default installation which are not covered in other sections. Some ...Group -
Uninstall Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (abrt)
The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (<code>abrt</code>) collects and reports crash data when an application crash is detected. Using a variety of plug...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (abrtd)
The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (<code>abrtd</code>) daemon collects and reports crash data when an application crash is detected. Using a variety...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Cockpit Management Server
The Cockpit Management Server (<code>cockpit</code>) provides a web based login and management framework. The <code>cockpit</code> service can be ...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable KDump Kernel Crash Analyzer (kdump)
The <code>kdump</code> service provides a kernel crash dump analyzer. It uses the <code>kexec</code> system call to boot a secondary kernel ("captu...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable ntpdate Service (ntpdate)
The <code>ntpdate</code> service sets the local hardware clock by polling NTP servers when the system boots. It synchronizes to the NTP servers lis...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Odd Job Daemon (oddjobd)
The <code>oddjobd</code> service exists to provide an interface and access control mechanism through which specified privileged tasks can run tasks...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Apache Qpid (qpidd)
The <code>qpidd</code> service provides high speed, secure, guaranteed delivery services. It is an implementation of the Advanced Message Queuing ...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Network Router Discovery Daemon (rdisc)
The <code>rdisc</code> service implements the client side of the ICMP Internet Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP), which allows discovery of routers ...Rule Medium Severity -
Cron and At Daemons
The cron and at services are used to allow commands to be executed at a later time. The cron service is required by almost all systems to perform n...Group -
Install the cron service
The Cron service should be installed.Rule Medium Severity -
Enable cron Service
The <code>crond</code> service is used to execute commands at preconfigured times. It is required by almost all systems to perform necessary mainte...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable cron Service
The <code>crond</code> service is used to execute commands at preconfigured times. It is required by almost all systems to perform necessary mainte...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable At Service (atd)
The <code>at</code> and <code>batch</code> commands can be used to schedule tasks that are meant to be executed only once. This allows delayed exec...Rule Medium Severity -
Restrict at and cron to Authorized Users if Necessary
The <code>/etc/cron.allow</code> and <code>/etc/at.allow</code> files contain lists of users who are allowed to use <code>cron</code> and at to del...Group -
Verify Group Who Owns /etc/cron.allow file
If <code>/etc/cron.allow</code> exists, it must be group-owned by <code>root</code>. To properly set the group owner of <code>/etc/cron.allow</cod...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify User Who Owns /etc/cron.allow file
If <code>/etc/cron.allow</code> exists, it must be owned by <code>root</code>. To properly set the owner of <code>/etc/cron.allow</code>, run the ...Rule Medium Severity -
Deprecated services
Some deprecated software services impact the overall system security due to their behavior (leak of confidentiality in network exchange, usage as u...Group -
Uninstall the inet-based telnet server
The inet-based telnet daemon should be uninstalled.Rule High Severity -
Uninstall the nis package
The support for Yellowpages should not be installed unless it is required.Rule Low Severity -
Uninstall the ntpdate package
ntpdate is a historical ntp synchronization client for unixes. It sould be uninstalled.Rule Low Severity -
Uninstall the ssl compliant telnet server
Thetelnetdaemon, even with ssl support, should be uninstalled.Rule High Severity -
Uninstall the telnet server
The telnet daemon should be uninstalled.Rule High Severity
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