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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 22.04

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Sensible umask

    Enter default user umask
    Value
  • Ensure the Default Bash Umask is Set Correctly

    To ensure the default umask for users of the Bash shell is set properly, add or correct the <code>umask</code> setting in <code>/etc/bash.bashrc</code> to read as follows: <pre>umask <xccdf-1.2:sub...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure the Default Umask is Set Correctly in login.defs

    To ensure the default umask controlled by <code>/etc/login.defs</code> is set properly, add or correct the <code>UMASK</code> setting in <code>/etc/login.defs</code> to read as follows: <pre>UMASK ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure the Default Umask is Set Correctly For Interactive Users

    Remove the UMASK environment variable from all interactive users initialization files.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Accounting with auditd

    The audit service provides substantial capabilities for recording system activities. By default, the service audits about SELinux AVC denials and certain types of security-relevant events such as s...
    Group
  • Ensure the audit Subsystem is Installed

    The audit package should be installed.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd space_left on Low Disk Space

    The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. A...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • AppArmor profiles mode

    enforce - Set all AppArmor profiles to enforce mode
    complain - Set all AppArmor profiles to complain mode
    Value
  • Ensure AppArmor is installed

    AppArmor provide Mandatory Access Controls.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enforce all AppArmor Profiles

    AppArmor profiles define what resources applications are able to access. To set all profiles to enforce mode run the following command: <pre>$ sudo aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/*</pre> To list unconf...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • All AppArmor Profiles are in enforce or complain mode

    AppArmor profiles define what resources applications are able to access. To set all profiles to either <code>enforce</code> or <code>complain</code> mode run the following command to set all profi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • zIPL bootloader configuration

    During the boot process, the bootloader is responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing options to it. The default Ubuntu 22.04 boot loader for s390x systems is called zIPL.
    Group
  • Network Related Kernel Runtime Parameters for Hosts and Routers

    Certain kernel parameters should be set for systems which are acting as either hosts or routers to improve the system's ability defend against certain types of IPv4 protocol attacks.
    Group
  • net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects

    Disable ICMP Redirect Acceptance
    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 recommendation is designed around the grub bootloader, if LI...
    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 for the selection of different kernels - possibly ...
    Group
  • L1TF vulnerability mitigation

    Defines the L1TF vulneratility mitigations 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.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route

    Trackers could be using source-routed packets to generate traffic that seems to be intra-net, but actually was created outside and has been redirected.
    Value

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