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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • RHEL 8 must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.

    <VulnDiscussion>The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becomi...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • A separate RHEL 8 filesystem must be used for the /tmp directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becomi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000109-GPOS-00056

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 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

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The rsyslog service must be running in RHEL 8.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring RHEL 8 to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance w...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on file systems that contain user home directories.

    &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

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