Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Record Unsuccessful Creation Attempts to Files - open_by_handle_at O_CREAT
The audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>open_by_handle_at</code> syscall can be used to create...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Modification Attempts to Files - open_by_handle_at O_TRUNC_WRITE
The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>open_by_handle_at</code> syscall can be used ...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - init
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 -
Record Unsuccessful Creation Attempts to Files - open O_CREAT
The audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>open</code> syscall can be used to create new files wh...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Modification Attempts to Files - open O_TRUNC_WRITE
The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>open</code> syscall can be used to modify fil...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Rules For Unauthorized Attempts To open Are Ordered Correctly
The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. To correctly identify unsuccessful creation, unsuccessf...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - openat
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...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 -
Verify /boot/grub2/user.cfg Permissions
File permissions for <code>/boot/grub2/user.cfg</code> should be set to 600. To properly set the permissions of <code>/boot/grub2/user.cfg</code>,...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Creation Attempts to Files - openat O_CREAT
The audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>openat</code> syscall can be used to create new files ...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Modification Attempts to Files - openat O_TRUNC_WRITE
The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>openat</code> syscall can be used to modify f...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Rules For Unauthorized Attempts To openat Are Ordered Correctly
The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. To correctly identify unsuccessful creation, unsuccessf...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Permission Changes to Files - removexattr
The audit system should collect unsuccessful file permission change attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configure...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - poweroff
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 -
Record Unsuccessful Delete Attempts to Files - rename
The audit system should collect unsuccessful file deletion attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use ...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Delete Attempts to Files - renameat
The audit system should collect unsuccessful file deletion attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Permission Changes to Files - setxattr
The audit system should collect unsuccessful file permission change attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configure...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - truncate
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...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Delete Attempts to Files - unlink
The audit system should collect unsuccessful file deletion attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Delete Attempts to Files - unlinkat
The audit system should collect unsuccessful file deletion attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use...Rule Medium Severity -
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 b...Group -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Unloading - create_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 b...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 b...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading - finit_module
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 -
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
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Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading - query_module
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 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>augenr...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>augenr...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>augenr...Rule Medium Severity -
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 -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - shutdown
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
The audit system should collect information about usage of privileged commands for all users. These are commands with suid or sgid bits on and they...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - at
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 - chage
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 -
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 -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - chsh
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 - crontab
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 - gpasswd
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 - kmod
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 -
Action for audispd to take when disk is full
The setting for disk_full_action in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.confValue -
Action for audispd to take when network fails
The setting for network_failure_action in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.confValue -
Remote server for audispd to send audit records
The setting for remote_server in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.confValue -
Account for auditd to send email when actions occurs
The setting for action_mail_acct in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Action for auditd to take when disk space is low
The setting for admin_space_left_action in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - mount
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 - newgidmap
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 - newgrp
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 - newuidmap
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 -
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.confValue -
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
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