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

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - su

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - sudo

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - sudoedit

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - umount

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - unix_chkpwd

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - userhelper

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - usernetctl

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - utempter

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Write Audit Logs to the Disk

    To configure Audit daemon to write Audit logs to the disk, set <code>write_logs</code> to <code>yes</code> in <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - write

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Records Events that Modify Date and Time Information

    Arbitrary changes to the system time can be used to obfuscate nefarious activities in log files, as well as to confuse network services that are hi...
    Group
  • Record attempts to alter time through adjtimex

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Time Through clock_settime

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record attempts to alter time through settimeofday

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Time Through stime

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter the localtime File

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd Data Retention

    The audit system writes data to <code>/var/log/audit/audit.log</code>. By default, <code>auditd</code> rotates 5 logs by size (6MB), retaining a ma...
    Group
  • Action for audispd to take when disk is full

    The setting for disk_full_action in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf
    Value
  • Action for audispd to take when network fails

    The setting for network_failure_action in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf
    Value
  • Remote server for audispd to send audit records

    The setting for remote_server in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf
    Value
  • Account for auditd to send email when actions occurs

    The setting for action_mail_acct in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Action for auditd to take when disk space is low

    The setting for admin_space_left_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • The percentage remaining in disk space before prompting admin_space_left_action

    The setting for admin_space_left as a percentage in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Action for auditd to take when disk errors

    'The setting for disk_error_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|hal...
    Value
  • Action for auditd to take when disk is full

    'The setting for disk_full_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|halt...
    Value
  • Auditd priority for flushing data to disk

    The setting for flush in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Number of Record to Retain Before Flushing to Disk

    The setting for freq in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Maximum audit log file size for auditd

    The setting for max_log_file in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Nftables Tables

    Tables in nftables hold chains. Each table only has one address family and only applies to packets of this family. Tables can have one of six fami...
    Value
  • 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>sys...
    Value
  • Number of log files for auditd to retain

    The setting for num_logs in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Size remaining in disk space before prompting space_left_action

    The setting for space_left (MB) in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Action for auditd to take when disk space just starts to run low

    The setting for space_left_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • The percentage remaining in disk space before prompting space_left_action

    The setting for space_left as a percentage in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Configure audispd Plugin To Send Logs To Remote Server

    Configure the audispd plugin to off-load audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited. Set the <code>remote_server...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure audispd's Plugin disk_full_action When Disk Is Full

    Configure the action the operating system takes if the disk the audit records are written to becomes full. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/audisp-re...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Encrypt Audit Records Sent With audispd Plugin

    Configure the operating system to encrypt the transfer of off-loaded audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure audispd's Plugin network_failure_action On Network Failure

    Configure the action the operating system takes if there is an error sending audit records to a remote system. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/audis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd to use audispd's syslog plugin

    To configure the <code>auditd</code> service to use the <code>syslog</code> plug-in of the <code>audispd</code> audit event multiplexor, set the <c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd Disk Error Action on Disk Error

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when there is a disk error. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Accounting with auditd

    The <code>auditd</code> program can perform comprehensive monitoring of system activity. This section makes use of recommended configuration settin...
    Group
  • Configure auditd Disk Error Action on Disk Error

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when there is a disk error. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd Disk Full Action when Disk Space Is Full

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Ed...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd Disk Full Action when Disk Space Is Full

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Ed...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd mail_acct Action on Low Disk Space

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to send email to a designated account in certain situations. Add or correct the following line in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd admin_space_left Action on Low Disk Space

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Ed...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd flush priority

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to synchronously write audit event data to disk. Add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd Max Log File Size

    Determine the amount of audit data (in megabytes) which should be retained in each log file. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. Add...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SuSEfirewall2

    The SuSEfirewall2 provides a managed firewall.
    Group
  • guest_exec_content SELinux Boolean

    default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
    on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
    off - SELinux boolean is disabled.
    Value

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