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Oracle Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic are terminated after 10 minutes of becoming unresponsive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Terminating an unresponsive SSH session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personn...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon does not allow authentication using RSA rhosts authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring this setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote logon via SSH will require a password, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic terminate after becoming unresponsive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Terminating an unresponsive SSH session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personn...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon does not allow authentication using rhosts authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring this setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote logon via SSH will require a password, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon an SSH logon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Providing users with feedback on when account accesses via SSH last occurred facilitates user recognition and reporting of un...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must not permit direct logons to the root account using remote access via SSH.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Even though the communications channel may be encrypted, an additional layer of security is gained by extending the policy of...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon does not allow authentication using known hosts authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring this setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote logon via SSH will require a password, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon is configured to only use the SSHv2 protocol.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSHv1 is an insecure implementation of the SSH protocol and has many well-known vulnerability exploits. Exploits of the SSH d...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon is configured to only use Message Authentication Codes (MACs) employing FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic hash algorithms.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoD information systems are required to use FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic hash functions. The only SSHv2 hash algorithm m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH public host key files have mode 0644 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a public host key file is modified by an unauthorized user, the SSH service may be compromised.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so the SSH private host key files have mode 0640 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an unauthorized user obtains the private SSH host key file, the host could be impersonated.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000364-GPOS-00151

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon does not permit Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI) authentication unless needed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;GSSAPI authentication is used to provide additional authentication mechanisms to applications. Allowing GSSAPI authentication...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000364-GPOS-00151

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon does not permit Kerberos authentication unless needed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kerberos authentication for SSH is often implemented using Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI). I...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon performs strict mode checking of home directory configuration files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If other users have access to modify user-specific SSH configuration files, they may be able to log on to the system as anoth...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon uses privilege separation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSH daemon privilege separation causes the SSH process to drop root privileges when not needed, which would decrease the impa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon does not allow compression or only allows compression after successful authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If compression is allowed in an SSH connection prior to authentication, vulnerabilities in the compression software could res...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must, for networked systems, synchronize clocks with a server that is synchronized to one of the redundant United States Naval Observatory (USNO) time servers, a time server designated for the appropriate DoD network (NIPRNet/SIPRNet), and/or the Global Positioning System (GPS).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the cor...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must protect against or limit the effects of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by validating the operating system is implementing rate-limiting measures on impacted network interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must enable an application firewall, if available.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Firewalls protect computers from network attacks by blocking or limiting access to open network ports. Application firewalls ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Oracle Linux operating system must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon logon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Providing users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred facilitates user recognition and reporting of unauthoriz...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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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