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Guide to the Secure Configuration of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • faillock directory

    The directory where the user files with the failure records are kept
    Value
  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled In Main zypper Configuration

    The <code>gpgcheck</code> option controls whether RPM packages' signatures are always checked prior to installation. To configure zypper to check p...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Local Packages

    <code>zypper</code> should be configured to verify the signature(s) of local packages prior to installation. To configure <code>zypper</code> to ve...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for All zypper Package Repositories

    To ensure signature checking is not disabled for any repos, remove any lines from files in <code>/etc/yum.repos.d</code> of the form: <pre>gpgcheck...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure package manager repositories are configured

    Systems need to have package manager repositories configured to ensure they receive the latest patches and updates.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure SUSE GPG Key Installed

    To ensure the system can cryptographically verify base software packages come from SUSE (and to connect to the SUSE to receive them), the SUSE GPG ...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure Software Patches Installed

    If the system is configured for online updates, invoking the following command will list available security updates: <pre>$ sudo zypper refresh &a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable dnf-automatic Timer

    The dnf-automatic timer can be enabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl enable dnf-automatic.timer
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Account and Access Control

    In traditional Unix security, if an attacker gains shell access to a certain login account, they can perform any action or access any file to which...
    Group
  • Authselect profile

    Specify the authselect profile to select
    Value

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