Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Virtualization 4
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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cups_execmem SELinux Boolean
default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
off - SELinux boolean is disabled.Value -
cvs_read_shadow SELinux Boolean
default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
off - SELinux boolean is disabled.Value -
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/modprob...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Mounting of jffs2
To configure the system to prevent the <code>jffs2</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe....Rule Low Severity -
Disable Modprobe Loading of USB Storage Driver
To prevent USB storage devices from being used, configure the kernel module loading system to prevent automatic loading of the USB storage driver. ...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Mounting of vFAT filesystems
To configure the system to prevent the <code>vfat</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe.d...Rule Low Severity -
Restrict Partition Mount Options
System partitions can be mounted with certain options that limit what files on those partitions can do. These options are set in the <code>/etc/fst...Group -
Value for hidepid option
The hidepid mount option is applicable to /proc and is used to control who can access the information in /proc/[pid] directories. The option can ha...Value -
Removable Partition
This value is used by the checks mount_option_nodev_removable_partitions, mount_option_nodev_removable_partitions, and mount_option_nodev_removable...Value -
Add noauto Option to /boot
The <code>noauto</code> mount option is used to prevent automatic mounting of th <code>/boot</code> partition. Add the <code>noauto</code> option ...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to /boot
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/boot</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> op...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /dev/shm
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent creation of device files in <code>/dev/shm</code>. Legitimate character and block device...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /dev/shm
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/dev/shm</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions s...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions on Important Files and Directories Are Configured in /etc/permissions.local
Permissions for many files on a system must be set restrictively to ensure sensitive information is properly protected. This section discusses the ...Group -
Restrict Programs from Dangerous Execution Patterns
The recommendations in this section are designed to ensure that the system's features to protect against potentially dangerous program execution ar...Group -
Add grpquota Option to /home
The <code>grpquota</code> mount option allows for the filesystem to have disk quotas configured. Add the <code>grpquota</code> option to the fourth...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to /home
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/home</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> opt...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /home
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/home</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions shoul...Rule Medium Severity -
Add usrquota Option to /home
The <code>usrquota</code> mount option allows for the filesystem to have disk quotas configured. Add the <code>usrquota</code> option to the fourth...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to Removable Media Partitions
The <code>nodev</code> mount option prevents files from being interpreted as character or block devices. Legitimate character and block devices sho...Rule Medium Severity
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