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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 20.04

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - chown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmod

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmodat

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fremovexattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br> <br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fsetxattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lchown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lremovexattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br> <br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - removexattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br> <br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - umount

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file system umount changes. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - umount2

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file system umount2 changes. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Any Attempts to Run setfacl

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>setfacl</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>auge...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - rename

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - renameat

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd to use audispd's syslog plugin

    To configure the <code>auditd</code> service to use the <code>syslog</code> plug-in of the <code>audispd</code> audit event multiplexor, set the <code>active</code> line in <code>/etc/audisp/plugin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - unlink

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - unlinkat

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - open_by_handle_at

    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 use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure audispd Plugin To Send Logs To Remote Server

    Configure the audispd plugin to off-load audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited. First, set the <code>active</code> option in <pre>/etc/audisp/plugins.d/au-re...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - open

    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 use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - openat

    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 use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read a...
    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 b64 in case your system is 64-bit: <pre>-a always,...
    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 in case your system is 64-bit: <pre>-a always,ex...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events - faillog

    The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during dae...
    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>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during dae...
    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>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during dae...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Remote server for audispd to send audit records

    The setting for remote_server in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf
    Value
  • 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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Any Attempts to Run apparmor_parser

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>apparmor_parser</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <c...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - fdisk

    Configure the operating system to audit the execution of the partition management program "fdisk".
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Account for auditd to send email when actions occurs

    The setting for action_mail_acct in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • 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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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", for remediations the first value will be taken'
    Value
  • Number of Record to Retain Before Flushing to Disk

    The setting for freq in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • 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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Any Attempts to Run ssh-agent

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>ssh-agent</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>au...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    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 configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program...
    Rule Medium Severity

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