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Oracle Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must not contain .shosts files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The .shosts files are used to configure host-based authentication for individual users or the system via SSH. Host-based auth...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must not contain shosts.equiv files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shosts.equiv files are used to configure host-based authentication for the system via SSH. Host-based authentication is n...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For Oracle Linux operating systems using DNS resolution, at least two name servers must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To provide availability for name resolution services, multiple redundant name servers are mandated. A failure in name resolut...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must not forward Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) source-routed packets.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest that routers forward the packet along a different path than c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must use a reverse-path filter for IPv4 network traffic when possible on all interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling reverse path filtering drops packets with invalid source addresses received on the interface. It should not be used...
    Rule Medium Severity

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