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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4

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  • Verify Group Who Owns /var/log Directory

    To properly set the group owner of /var/log, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp root /var/log
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  • Verify Group Who Owns /var/log/messages File

    To properly set the group owner of /var/log/messages, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp root /var/log/messages
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Group Who Owns /var/log/syslog File

    To properly set the group owner of /var/log/syslog, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp adm /var/log/syslog
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify User Who Owns /var/log Directory

    To properly set the owner of /var/log, run the command: 
    $ sudo chown root /var/log
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify User Who Owns /var/log/messages File

    To properly set the owner of /var/log/messages, run the command: 
    $ sudo chown root /var/log/messages
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify User Who Owns /var/log/syslog File

    To properly set the owner of /var/log/syslog, run the command: 
    $ sudo chown syslog /var/log/syslog
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on /var/log Directory

    To properly set the permissions of /var/log, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0755 /var/log
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on /var/log/messages File

    To properly set the permissions of /var/log/messages, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0640 /var/log/messages
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify File Permissions Within Some Important Directories

    Some directories contain files whose confidentiality or integrity is notably important and may also be susceptible to misconfiguration over time, particularly if unpackaged software is installed. A...
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  • Verify that System Executable Directories Have Restrictive Permissions

    System executables are stored in the following directories by default: <pre>/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin</pre> These directories should not be group-writable or worl...
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  • Verify that System Executables Have Root Ownership

    System executables are stored in the following directories by default: <pre>/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/libexec /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin</pre> All files in these directories should be ...
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  • Verify that Shared Library Files Have Root Ownership

    System-wide shared library files, which are linked to executables during process load time or run time, are stored in the following directories by default: <pre>/lib /lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib64 </pr...
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  • Verify that System Executables Have Restrictive Permissions

    System executables are stored in the following directories by default: <pre>/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/libexec /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin</pre> All files in these directories should not...
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  • Disable Mounting of hfsplus

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>hfsplus</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe.d/hfsplus.conf</code>: <pre>install hfsplus /bin...
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  • Restrict Dynamic Mounting and Unmounting of Filesystems

    Linux includes a number of facilities for the automated addition and removal of filesystems on a running system. These facilities may be necessary in many environments, but this capability also ca...
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  • Disable Booting from USB Devices in Boot Firmware

    Configure the system boot firmware (historically called BIOS on PC systems) to disallow booting from USB drives.
    Rule Unknown Severity
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  • Disable Kernel Support for USB via Bootloader Configuration

    All USB support can be disabled by adding the <code>nousb</code> argument to the kernel's boot loader configuration. To do so, Add the <code>nousb</code> kernel argument via a <code>MachineConfig</...
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  • Disable Kernel Support for USB via Bootloader Configuration

    All USB support can be disabled by adding the <code>nousb</code> argument to the kernel's boot loader configuration. To do so, append "nousb" to the kernel line in <code>/etc/default/grub</code> as...
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  • Disable Mounting of cramfs

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>cramfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe.d/cramfs.conf</code>: <pre>install cramfs /bin/fa...
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  • Disable Mounting of freevxfs

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>freevxfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe.d/freevxfs.conf</code>: <pre>install freevxfs /...
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