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Oracle Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/passwd.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to est...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to est...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/gshadow.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/shadow.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to est...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/security/opasswd.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to est...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must audit all uses of the unlink, unlinkat, rename, renameat, and rmdir syscalls.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect an...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must send rsyslog output to a log aggregation server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Sending rsyslog output to another system ensures that the logs cannot be removed or modified in the event that the system is ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the rsyslog daemon does not accept log messages from other servers unless the server is being used for log aggregation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unintentionally running a rsyslog server accepting remote messages puts the system at increased risk. Malicious rsyslog messa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must use a virus scan program.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Virus scanning software can be used to protect a system from penetration from computer viruses and to limit their spread thro...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000027-GPOS-00008

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must limit the number of concurrent sessions to 10 for all accounts and/or account types.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Operating system management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an operating s...
    Rule Low Severity

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