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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must terminate idle user sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enable the SELinux targeted policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Setting the SELinux policy to "targeted" or a more specialized policy ensures the system will confine processes that are like...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must configure SELinux context type to allow the use of a nondefault faillock tally directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Not having the correct SELinux context on the faillock directory may lead to unauthorized access to the directory.&lt;/VulnDi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must have 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 Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 policycoreutils-python-utils package must be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The policycoreutils-python-utils package is required to operate and manage an SELinux environment and its policies. It provid...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must have the sudo package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;"sudo" is a program designed to allow a system administrator to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require reauthentication when using the "sudo" command.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation when using "sudo".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the rootpw, targetpw, or runaspw flags are defined and not disabled, by default the operating system will prompt the invok...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operati...
    Rule Medium Severity

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