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Guide to the Secure Configuration of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Configure the polyinstantiation_enabled SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>polyinstantiation_enabled</code> is disabled. This setting should be configured to <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccd...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure the secure_mode_insmod SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>secure_mode_insmod</code> is disabled. This setting should be configured to <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the selinuxuser_execheap SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>selinuxuser_execheap</code> is disabled. When enabled this boolean is enabled it allows selinuxusers to execu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the selinuxuser_execstack SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>selinuxuser_execstack</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as unconfined executables should not...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the ssh_sysadm_login SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>ssh_sysadm_login</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <code...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Services

    The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which SUSE Linux Enterp...
    Group
  • Ensure nonessential services are removed or masked

    A network port is identified by its number, the associated IP address, and the type of the communication protocol such as TCP or UDP. A listening ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Apport Service

    The Apport service provides debugging and crash reporting features on Ubuntu distributions.
    Group
  • APT service configuration

    The apt service manage the package management and update of the whole system. Its configuration need to be properly defined to ensure efficient sec...
    Group
  • Avahi Server

    The Avahi daemon implements the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS protocols, which provide service and host discovery on a network. It allows...
    Group

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