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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000057

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    Group
  • The operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000058

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit information were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000059

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit information were to become compromised, then forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000062

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    Group
  • The operating system must provide audit record generation capability for DoD-defined auditable events for all operating system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000063

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    Group
  • The operating system must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel ma...
    Rule Medium Severity

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