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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/shadow

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
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  • Record Attempts to perform maintenance activities

    The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 operating system must generate audit records for privileged activities, nonlocal maintenance, diagnostic sessions an...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Record Access Events to Audit Log Directory

    The audit system should collect access events to read audit log directory. The following audit rule will assure that access to audit log directory ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • System Audit Directories Must Be Group Owned By Root

    All audit directories must be group owned by root user. By default, the path for audit log is <pre>/var/log/audit/</pre>. To properly set the grou...
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  • System Audit Directories Must Be Owned By Root

    All audit directories must be owned by root user. By default, the path for audit log is <pre>/var/log/audit/</pre>. To properly set the owner of <...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • System Audit Logs Must Have Mode 0750 or Less Permissive

    Verify the audit log directories have a mode of "0700" or less permissive by first determining where the audit logs are stored with the following ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • System Audit Logs Must Be Group Owned By Root

    All audit logs must be group owned by root user. The path for audit log can be configured via <code>log_file</code> parameter in <pre>/etc/audit/au...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Audit Configuration Files Must Be Owned By Group root

    All audit configuration files must be owned by group root. 
    chown :root /etc/audit/audit*.{rules,conf} /etc/audit/rules.d/*
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  • Audit Configuration Files Must Be Owned By Root

    All audit configuration files must be owned by root user. To properly set the owner of <code>/etc/audit/</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chow...
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  • System Audit Logs Must Be Owned By Root

    All audit logs must be owned by root user and group. By default, the path for audit log is <pre>/var/log/audit/</pre>. To properly set the owner o...
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  • System Audit Logs Must Be Owned By Root

    All audit logs must be owned by root user. The path for audit log can be configured via <code>log_file</code> parameter in <pre>/etc/audit/auditd.c...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Audit Configuration Files Permissions are 640 or More Restrictive

    All audit configuration files permissions must be 640 or more restrictive. 
    chmod 0640 /etc/audit/audit*.{rules,conf} /etc/audit/rules.d/*
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • System Audit Logs Must Have Mode 0640 or Less Permissive

    Determine where the audit logs are stored with the following command: <pre>$ sudo grep -iw log_file /etc/audit/auditd.conf log_file = /var/log/aud...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. Note that the "-F arch=b32" lines should be present e...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - chmod

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - chown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmod

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmodat

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchownat

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_source_route

    Trackers could be using source-routed packets to generate traffic that seems to be intra-net, but actually was created outside and has been redirec...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fremovexattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br><br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configu...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fsetxattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lchown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lremovexattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br><br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configu...
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  • Configure Logwatch SplitHosts Line

    If <code>SplitHosts</code> is set, Logwatch will separate entries by hostname. This makes the report longer but significantly more usable. If it is...
    Rule Unknown Severity
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  • Configure audispd's Plugin disk_full_action When Disk Is Full

    Configure the action the operating system takes if the disk the audit records are written to becomes full. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/audisp-re...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lsetxattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - removexattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br><br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configu...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - setxattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - umount

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file system umount changes. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrul...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Encrypt Audit Records Sent With audispd Plugin

    Configure the operating system to encrypt the transfer of off-loaded audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • net.ipv6.conf.default.autoconf

    Enable auto configuration on IPv6 interfaces
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  • net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding

    Toggle IPv6 default Forwarding
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - umount2

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file system umount2 changes. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenru...
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  • Record Execution Attempts to Run ACL Privileged Commands

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of ACL privileged commands for all users and root.
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  • Record Any Attempts to Run chacl

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>chacl</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</...
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  • Record Any Attempts to Run setfacl

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>setfacl</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd...
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  • Record Execution Attempts to Run SELinux Privileged Commands

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of SELinux privileged commands for all users and root.
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  • Record Any Attempts to Run chcon

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>chcon</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</...
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  • Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - rmdir

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...
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  • Record Any Attempts to Run restorecon

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>restorecon</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>aud...
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  • Record Any Attempts to Run semanage

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>semanage</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audit...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Record Any Attempts to Run setfiles

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>setfiles</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audit...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Record Any Attempts to Run setsebool

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>setsebool</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Record Any Attempts to Run seunshare

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>seunshare</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audi...
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  • Record File Deletion Events by User

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...
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  • Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User

    At a minimum the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use th...
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  • Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - rename

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...
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  • Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - renameat

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...
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