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Oracle Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all local interactive user home directories are group-owned by the home directory owners primary group.

    <VulnDiscussion>If the Group Identifier (GID) of a local interactive user's home directory is not the same as the primary GID of the user, th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all files and directories contained in local interactive user home directories have a valid owner.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unowned files and directories may be unintentionally inherited if a user is assigned the same User Identifier "UID" as the UI...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all files and directories contained in local interactive user home directories are group-owned by a group of which the home directory owner is a member.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a local interactive user's files are group-owned by a group of which the user is not a member, unintended users may be abl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all files and directories contained in local interactive user home directories have a mode of 0750 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a local interactive user files have excessive permissions, unintended users may be able to access or modify them.&lt;/Vuln...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all local initialization files for interactive users are owned by the home directory user or root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these fil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all local initialization files for local interactive users are be group-owned by the users primary group or root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Local initialization files for interactive users are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious mod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all local initialization files have mode 0740 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these fil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all local interactive user initialization files executable search paths contain only paths that resolve to the users home directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that local initialization files do not execute world-writable programs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If user start-up files execute world-writable programs, especially in unprotected directories, they could be maliciously modi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all system device files are correctly labeled to prevent unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an unauthorized or modified device is allowed to exist on the system, there is the possibility the system may perform unin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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