Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/tmp" with the "nodev" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/tmp" with the "nosuid" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/tmp" with the "noexec" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/var/log" with the "nodev" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/var/log" with the "nosuid" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/var/log" with the "noexec" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/var/log/audit" with the "nodev" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/var/log/audit" with the "nosuid" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/var/log/audit" with the "noexec" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/var/tmp" with the "nodev" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/var/tmp" with the "nosuid" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must mount "/var/tmp" with the "noexec" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The OL 8 "fapolicy" module must be installed.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The OL 8 "fapolicy" module must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The OL 8 fapolicy module must be configured to employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must have the USBGuard installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must block unauthorized peripherals before establishing a connection.
<VulnDiscussion>Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must enable the USBGuard.
<VulnDiscussion>Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00071
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
A firewall must be able to protect against or limit the effects of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by ensuring OL 8 can implement rate-limiting measures on impacted network interfaces.
<VulnDiscussion>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-000423-GPOS-00187
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All OL 8 networked systems must have SSH installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of the transmitted information, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unprotected commu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All OL 8 networked systems must have and implement SSH to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted and received information, as well as information during preparation for transmission.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of the transmitted information, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unprotected commu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must force a frequent session key renegotiation for SSH connections to the server.
<VulnDiscussion>Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be r...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence must be disabled on OL 8.
<VulnDiscussion>A locally logged-on user, who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence in OL 8 must be disabled if a graphical user interface is installed.
<VulnDiscussion>A locally logged-on user, who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, a...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must disable the systemd Ctrl-Alt-Delete burst key sequence.
<VulnDiscussion>A locally logged-on user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete when at the console can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as c...Rule Medium Severity
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