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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 file systems containing user home directories are mounted to prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed.

    <VulnDiscussion>The "nosuid" mount option causes the system not to execute setuid and setgid files with owner privileges. This option must be...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on file systems that are used with removable media.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "nosuid" mount option causes the system not to execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option mus...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on file systems that are being imported via Network File System (NFS).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "nosuid" mount option causes the system not to execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option mus...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must prevent binary files from being executed on file systems that are being imported via Network File System (NFS).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "noexec" mount option causes the system not to execute binary files. This option must be used for mounting any file syste...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must mount /dev/shm with secure options.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "noexec" mount option causes the system to not execute binary files. This option must be used for mounting any file syste...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all world-writable directories are group-owned by root, sys, bin, or an application group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a world-writable directory is not group-owned by root, sys, bin, or an application Group Identifier (GID), unauthorized us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must set the umask value to 077 for all local interactive user accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The umask controls the default access mode assigned to newly created files. A umask of 077 limits new files to mode 700 or le...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must have cron logging implemented.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Cron logging can be used to trace the successful or unsuccessful execution of cron jobs. It can also be used to spot intrusio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the cron.allow file, if it exists, is owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the owner of the "cron.allow" file is not set to root, the possibility exists for an unauthorized user to view or to edit ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the cron.allow file, if it exists, is group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the group owner of the "cron.allow" file is not set to root, sensitive information could be viewed or edited by unauthoriz...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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