Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 8
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Restrict Partition Mount Options
System partitions can be mounted with certain options that limit what files on those partitions can do. These options are set in the <code>/etc/fstab</code> configuration file, and can be used to m...Group -
Removable Partition
This value is used by the checks mount_option_nodev_removable_partitions, mount_option_nodev_removable_partitions, and mount_option_nodev_removable_partitions to ensure that the correct mount optio...Value -
Add nosuid Option to /boot/efi
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/boot/efi</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required on the boot partition. Add t...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noauto Option to /boot
The <code>noauto</code> mount option is used to prevent automatic mounting of th <code>/boot</code> partition. Add the <code>noauto</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code> fo...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /boot
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/boot</code>. Legitimate character and block devices should exist only in the <code>/dev</code> d...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to /boot
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/boot</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /boot
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/boot</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required on the boot partition. Add the <...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /dev/shm
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent creation of device files in <code>/dev/shm</code>. Legitimate character and block devices should not exist within temporary directories li...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to /dev/shm
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/dev/shm</code>. It can be dangerous to allow the execution of binaries from world-writable tem...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /dev/shm
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/dev/shm</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in these world-writable dire...Rule Medium Severity -
Add grpquota Option to /home
The <code>grpquota</code> mount option allows for the filesystem to have disk quotas configured. Add the <code>grpquota</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code> for the line wh...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /home
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/home</code>. Legitimate character and block devices should exist only in the <code>/dev</code> d...Rule Unknown Severity -
Add noexec Option to /home
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/home</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /home
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/home</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in these user data directories. ...Rule Medium Severity -
Add usrquota Option to /home
The <code>usrquota</code> mount option allows for the filesystem to have disk quotas configured. Add the <code>usrquota</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code> for the line wh...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to Non-Root Local Partitions
The <code>nodev</code> mount option prevents files from being interpreted as character or block devices. Legitimate character and block devices should exist only in the <code>/dev</code> directory ...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to Removable Media Partitions
The <code>nodev</code> mount option prevents files from being interpreted as character or block devices. Legitimate character and block devices should exist only in the <code>/dev</code> directory ...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to Removable Media Partitions
The <code>noexec</code> mount option prevents the direct execution of binaries on the mounted filesystem. Preventing the direct execution of binaries from removable media (such as a USB key) provid...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to Removable Media Partitions
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option prevents set-user-identifier (SUID) and set-group-identifier (SGID) permissions from taking effect. These permissions allow users to execute binaries with the s...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /opt
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/opt</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in this directory. Add the <code>...Rule Medium Severity
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