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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Virtualization 4

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Add noexec Option to Removable Media Partitions

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option prevents the direct execution of binaries on the mounted filesystem. Preventing the direct execution of binari...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add nosuid Option to Removable Media Partitions

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option prevents set-user-identifier (SUID) and set-group-identifier (SGID) permissions from taking effect. These perm...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add nosuid Option to /opt

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/opt</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add nosuid Option to /srv

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/srv</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add noexec Option to /var

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> opti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled

    Prevent unprivileged processes from using the bpf() syscall.
    Value
  • Install libselinux Package

    The libselinux package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum install libselinux
    Rule High Severity
  • daemons_dump_core SELinux Boolean

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

    default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
    on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
    off - SELinux boolean is disabled.
    Value
  • Disable the uvcvideo module

    If the device contains a camera it should be covered or disabled when not in use.
    Rule Medium Severity

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