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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • RHEL 8, for PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by constructing a certification path (which includes status information) to an accepted trust anchor.

    <VulnDiscussion>Without path validation, an informed trust decision by the relying party cannot be made when presented with any certificate n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000067-GPOS-00035

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    Group
  • RHEL 8, for certificate-based authentication, must enforce authorized access to the corresponding private key.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an unauthorized user obtains access to a private key without a passcode, that user would have unauthorized access to any s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must encrypt all stored passwords with a FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic hashing algorithm.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity

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