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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Record Unsuccessful Permission Changes to Files - lsetxattr

    The audit system should collect unsuccessful file permission change attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - open

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - open_by_handle_at

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify /boot/grub2/user.cfg Group Ownership

    The file <code>/boot/grub2/user.cfg</code> should be group-owned by the <code>root</code> group to prevent reading or modification of the file. To...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Creation Attempts to Files - open_by_handle_at O_CREAT

    The audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>open_by_handle_at</code> syscall can be used to create...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Modification Attempts to Files - open_by_handle_at O_TRUNC_WRITE

    The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>open_by_handle_at</code> syscall can be used ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Unauthorized Access Attempts To open_by_handle_at Are Ordered Correctly

    The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. To correctly identify unsuccessful creation, unsuccessf...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Creation Attempts to Files - open O_CREAT

    The audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>open</code> syscall can be used to create new files wh...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify /boot/grub2/grub.cfg User Ownership

    The file <code>/boot/grub2/grub.cfg</code> should be owned by the <code>root</code> user to prevent destruction or modification of the file. To pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • container_connect_any SELinux Boolean

    default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
    on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
    off - SELinux boolean is disabled.
    Value
  • Record Unsuccessful Modification Attempts to Files - open O_TRUNC_WRITE

    The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>open</code> syscall can be used to modify fil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Rules For Unauthorized Attempts To open Are Ordered Correctly

    The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. To correctly identify unsuccessful creation, unsuccessf...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - openat

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Creation Attempts to Files - openat O_CREAT

    The audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>openat</code> syscall can be used to create new files ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify /boot/grub2/user.cfg User Ownership

    The file <code>/boot/grub2/user.cfg</code> should be owned by the <code>root</code> user to prevent reading or modification of the file. To proper...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • cron_can_relabel SELinux Boolean

    default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
    on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
    off - SELinux boolean is disabled.
    Value
  • Verify /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Permissions

    File permissions for <code>/boot/grub2/grub.cfg</code> should be set to 600. To properly set the permissions of <code>/boot/grub2/grub.cfg</code>,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Modification Attempts to Files - openat O_TRUNC_WRITE

    The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. The <code>openat</code> syscall can be used to modify f...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Rules For Unauthorized Attempts To openat Are Ordered Correctly

    The audit system should collect detailed unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. To correctly identify unsuccessful creation, unsuccessf...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Permission Changes to Files - removexattr

    The audit system should collect unsuccessful file permission change attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Delete Attempts to Files - rename

    The audit system should collect unsuccessful file deletion attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Delete Attempts to Files - renameat

    The audit system should collect unsuccessful file deletion attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Unloading - create_module

    To capture kernel module unloading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Permission Changes to Files - setxattr

    The audit system should collect unsuccessful file permission change attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configure...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - truncate

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Delete Attempts to Files - unlink

    The audit system should collect unsuccessful file deletion attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Unsuccessful Delete Attempts to Files - unlinkat

    The audit system should collect unsuccessful file deletion attempts for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Information on Kernel Modules Loading and Unloading

    To capture kernel module loading and unloading events, use following lines, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for b...
    Group
  • Verify /boot/grub2/user.cfg Permissions

    File permissions for <code>/boot/grub2/user.cfg</code> should be set to 600. To properly set the permissions of <code>/boot/grub2/user.cfg</code>,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify the UEFI Boot Loader grub.cfg Group Ownership

    The file <code>/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg</code> should be group-owned by the <code>root</code> group to prevent destruction or modification of ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Unloading - delete_module

    To capture kernel module unloading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading - finit_module

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading - init_module

    To capture kernel module loading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading - query_module

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/user.cfg Group Ownership

    The file <code>/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/user.cfg</code> should be group-owned by the <code>root</code> group to prevent reading or modification of the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events - lastlog

    The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events - tallylog

    The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Information on the Use of Privileged Commands

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root.
    Group
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - init

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - poweroff

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - reboot

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify the UEFI Boot Loader grub.cfg User Ownership

    The file <code>/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg</code> should be owned by the <code>root</code> user to prevent destruction or modification of the fil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • cron_system_cronjob_use_shares SELinux Boolean

    default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
    on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
    off - SELinux boolean is disabled.
    Value
  • Verify /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/user.cfg User Ownership

    The file <code>/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/user.cfg</code> should be owned by the <code>root</code> user to prevent reading or modification of the file. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - shutdown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands

    The audit system should collect information about usage of privileged commands for all users. These are commands with suid or sgid bits on and they...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - at

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - chage

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Any Attempts to Run ssh-agent

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>ssh-agent</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Action for auditd to take when disk is full

    'The setting for disk_full_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|halt...
    Value

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