Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Account Lockouts Must Be Logged
PAM faillock locks an account due to excessive password failures, this event must be logged.Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure There Are No Accounts With Blank or Null Passwords
Check the "/etc/shadow" file for blank passwords with the following command: <pre>$ sudo awk -F: '!$2 {print $1}' /etc/shadow</pre> If the command returns any results, this is a finding. Configure ...Rule High Severity -
dcredit
Minimum number of digits in passwordValue -
lcredit
Minimum number of lower case in passwordValue -
minclass
Minimum number of categories of characters that must exist in a passwordValue -
minlen
Minimum number of characters in passwordValue -
ocredit
Minimum number of other (special characters) in passwordValue -
retry
Number of retry attempts before erroring outValue -
ucredit
Minimum number of upper case in passwordValue -
Protect Physical Console Access
It is impossible to fully protect a system from an attacker with physical access, so securing the space in which the system is located should be considered a necessary step. However, there are some...Group -
Login timeout for idle sessions
Specify duration of allowed idle time.Value -
Verify that Interactive Boot is Disabled
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 systems support an "interactive boot" option that can be used to prevent services from being started. On a Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 system, interactive bo...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure there are no legacy + NIS entries in /etc/group
The+
character in/etc/group
file marks a place where entries from a network information service (NIS) should be directly inserted.Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Ctrl-Alt-Del Reboot Activation
By default, <code>SystemD</code> will reboot the system if the <code>Ctrl-Alt-Del</code> key sequence is pressed. <br> <br> To configure the system to ignore the <code>Ctrl-Alt-Del</code> k...Rule High Severity -
Verify that Interactive Boot is Disabled
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 systems support an "interactive boot" option that can be used to prevent services from being started. On a Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 system, interactive bo...Rule Medium Severity -
Require Authentication for Single User Mode
Single-user mode is intended as a system recovery method, providing a single user root access to the system by providing a boot option at startup. <br> <br> By default, single-user mode is ...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Screen Locking
When a user must temporarily leave an account logged-in, screen locking should be employed to prevent passersby from abusing the account. User education and training is particularly important for s...Group -
Configure Console Screen Locking
A console screen locking mechanism is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not logout because of th...Group -
Support session locking with tmux
Thetmux
terminal multiplexer is used to implement automatic session locking. It should be started from/etc/bashrc
or drop-in files within/etc/profile.d/
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Configure tmux to lock session after inactivity
To enable console screen locking in <code>tmux</code> terminal multiplexer after a period of inactivity, the <code>lock-after-time</code> option has to be set to a value greater than 0 and less tha...Rule Medium Severity
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