Guide to the Secure Configuration of Alibaba Cloud Linux 3
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Explicit arguments in sudo specifications
All commands in the sudoers file must strictly specify the arguments allowed to be used for a given user. If the command is supposed to be executed...Rule Medium Severity -
Don't define allowed commands in sudoers by means of exclusion
Policies applied by sudo through the sudoers file should not involve negation. Each user specification in the <code>sudoers</code> file contains a...Rule Medium Severity -
Don't target root user in the sudoers file
The targeted users of a user specification should be, as much as possible, non privileged users (i.e.: non-root). User specifications have to expl...Rule Medium Severity -
System Tooling / Utilities
The following checks evaluate the system for recommended base packages -- both for installation and removal.Group -
Ensure gnutls-utils is installed
Thegnutls-utils
package can be installed with the following command:$ sudo yum install gnutls-utils
Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure nss-tools is installed
Thenss-tools
package can be installed with the following command:$ sudo yum install nss-tools
Rule Medium Severity -
Updating Software
The <code>yum</code> command line tool is used to install and update software packages. The system also provides a graphical software update tool i...Group -
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled In Main yum Configuration
The <code>gpgcheck</code> option controls whether RPM packages' signatures are always checked prior to installation. To configure yum to check pack...Rule High Severity -
Ensure Red Hat GPG Key Installed
To ensure the system can cryptographically verify base software packages come from Red Hat (and to connect to the Red Hat Network to receive them),...Rule High Severity -
Ensure Software Patches Installed
NOTE: U.S. Defense systems are required to be patched within 30 days or sooner as local policy dictates.Rule Medium Severity -
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...Group -
Authselect profile
Specify the authselect profile to selectValue -
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 logi...Group -
Login Banner Verbiage
Enter an appropriate login banner for your organization. Please note that new lines must be expressed by the '\n' character and special characters ...Value -
MotD Banner Verbiage
Enter an appropriate login banner for your organization. Please note that new lines must be expressed by the '\n' character and special characters ...Value -
Remote Login Banner Verbiage
Enter an appropriate login banner for your organization. Please note that new lines must be expressed by the '\n' character and special characters ...Value -
fail_deny
Number of failed login attempts before account lockoutValue -
Implement a GUI Warning Banner
In the default graphical environment, users logging directly into the system are greeted with a login screen provided by the GNOME Display Manager ...Group -
Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM
PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules, is a system which implements modular authentication for Linux programs. PAM provides a flexible and confi...Group -
Password Hashing algorithm
Specify the system default encryption algorithm for encrypting passwords. Defines the value set as ENCRYPT_METHOD in /etc/login.defs.Value
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