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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 20.04

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • systemd-journald

    systemd-journald is a system service that collects and stores logging data. It creates and maintains structured, indexed journals based on logging ...
    Group
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.router_solicitations

    Accept all router solicitations?
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra_defrtr

    Accept default router in router advertisements?
    Value
  • Ensure AppArmor is enabled in the bootloader configuration

    Configure AppArmor to be enabled at boot time and verify that it has not been overwritten by the bootloader boot parameters. Note: This recommenda...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • GRUB2 bootloader configuration

    During the boot process, the boot loader is responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing options to it. The boot loader allows ...
    Group
  • L1TF vulnerability mitigation

    Defines the L1TF vulneratility mitigations to employ.
    Value
  • MDS vulnerability mitigation

    Defines the MDS vulneratility mitigation to employ.
    Value
  • Confidence level on Hardware Random Number Generator

    Defines the level of trust on the hardware random number generators available in the system and the percentage of entropy to credit.
    Value
  • Spec Store Bypass Mitigation

    This controls how the Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) vulnerability is mitigated.
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra_pinfo

    Accept prefix information in router advertisements?
    Value

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