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Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur during a 15-minute time period.

    <VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 systems below version 8.2 must ensure account lockouts persist.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must ensure account lockouts persist.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must have the "policycoreutils" package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 SSH daemon must be configured to use system-wide crypto policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. Remote acce...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000125-GPOS-00065

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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