Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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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 -
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 -
Auditd priority for flushing data to disk
The setting for flush in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
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 -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading - init_module
To capture kernel module loading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64...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 - 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 -
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 -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - reboot
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 -
Number of Record to Retain Before Flushing to Disk
The setting for freq in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
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 -
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 - insmod
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 -
Maximum audit log file size for auditd
The setting for max_log_file in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - modprobe
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 - 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 -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - pam_timestamp_check
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 - passwd
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 - postdrop
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 - postqueue
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 - pt_chown
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 - rmmod
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 - ssh-keysign
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 - 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 -
Verify Permissions on /var/log/syslog File
To properly set the permissions of/var/log/syslog, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0640 /var/log/syslog
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 -
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 -
Action for audispd to take when network fails
The setting for network_failure_action in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.confValue
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