Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 9
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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System Audit Logs Must Be Group Owned By Root
All audit logs must be group owned by root user. The path for audit log can be configured via <code>log_file</code> parameter in <pre>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</pre> or, by default, the path for audit...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects System Administrator Actions - /etc/sudoers
At a minimum, the audit system should collect administrator actions for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit ...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects System Administrator Actions
At a minimum, the audit system should collect administrator actions for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit ...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify User/Group Information
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following lines to a file with suffix <co...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/group
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following lines to a file with suffix <co...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/security/opasswd
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following lines to a file with suffix <co...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/passwd
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following lines to a file with suffix <co...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/shadow
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following lines to a file with suffix <co...Rule Medium Severity -
System Audit Directories Must Be Group Owned By Root
All audit directories must be group owned by root user. By default, the path for audit log is <pre>/var/log/audit/</pre>. To properly set the group owner of <code>/var/log/audit</code>, run the co...Rule Medium Severity -
System Audit Directories Must Be Owned By Root
All audit directories must be owned by root user. By default, the path for audit log is <pre>/var/log/audit/</pre>. To properly set the owner of <code>/var/log/audit</code>, run the command: <pre>...Rule Medium Severity -
Audit Configuration Files Must Be Owned By Group root
All audit configuration files must be owned by group root.chown :root /etc/audit/audit*.{rules,conf} /etc/audit/rules.d/*Rule Medium Severity -
System Audit Logs Must Have Mode 0640 or Less Permissive
Determine where the audit logs are stored with the following command: <pre>$ sudo grep -iw log_file /etc/audit/auditd.conf log_file = /var/log/audit/audit.log</pre> Configure the audit log to be p...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Execution Attempts to Run ACL Privileged Commands
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of ACL privileged commands for all users and root.Group -
Record Execution Attempts to Run SELinux Privileged Commands
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of SELinux privileged commands for all users and root.Group -
Record File Deletion Events by User
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...Group -
Record Unauthorized Access Attempts Events to Files (unsuccessful)
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. Note that the "-F arch=b32" lines should be present even on a 64 bit system. These commands identify...Group -
Record Information on Kernel Modules Loading and Unloading
To capture kernel module loading and unloading events, use following lines, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64 in case your system is 64-bit: <pr...Group -
Record Information on the Use of Privileged Commands
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root.Group -
Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events
The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during dae...Group -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - chown
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmod
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmodat
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchownat
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fremovexattr
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br> <br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> pr...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fsetxattr
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lremovexattr
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br> <br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> pr...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - removexattr
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br> <br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> pr...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - umount
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file system umount changes. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemo...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run chacl
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>chacl</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenr...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run setfacl
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>setfacl</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>auge...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run restorecon
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>restorecon</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>a...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run semanage
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>semanage</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>aug...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run setfiles
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>setfiles</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>aug...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Unloading - delete_module
To capture kernel module unloading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64 in case your system is 64-bit: <pre>-a always,...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run seunshare
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>seunshare</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>au...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User
At a minimum the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit ru...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - rename
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - renameat
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - unlink
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - unlinkat
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Unauthorized Access Attempts to Files (unsuccessful)
At a minimum the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read au...Rule Medium Severity -
Action for auditd to take when log files reach their maximum size
The setting for max_log_file_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf. The following options are available: <br>ignore - audit daemon does nothing. <br>syslog - audit daemon will issue a warning to syslog....Value -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - open
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read a...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - open_by_handle_at
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read a...Rule Medium Severity -
Size remaining in disk space before prompting space_left_action
The setting for space_left (MB) in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading - init_module
To capture kernel module loading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64 in case your system is 64-bit: <pre>-a always,ex...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading
To capture kernel module loading and unloading events, use following lines, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64 in case your system is 64-bit: <pr...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events - faillock
The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during dae...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events - lastlog
The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during dae...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events - tallylog
The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during dae...Rule Medium Severity
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