Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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Ensure /var/tmp Located On Separate Partition
The/var/tmpdirectory is a world-writable directory used for temporary file storage. Ensure it has its own partition or logical volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM.Rule Medium Severity -
Make sure that the dconf databases are up-to-date with regards to respective keyfiles
By default, DConf uses a binary database as a data backend. The system-level database is compiled from keyfiles in the /etc/dconf/db/ directory by the <pre>dconf update</pre> command. More specific...Rule High Severity -
Configure GNOME3 DConf User Profile
By default, DConf provides a standard user profile. This profile contains a list of DConf configuration databases. The user profile and database always take the highest priority. As such the DConf ...Rule High Severity -
Configure GNOME Login Screen
In the default GNOME desktop, the login is displayed after system boot and can display user accounts, allow users to reboot the system, and allow users to login automatically and/or with a guest ac...Group -
Disable the GNOME3 Login Restart and Shutdown Buttons
In the default graphical environment, users logging directly into the system are greeted with a login screen that allows any user, known or unknown, the ability the ability to shutdown or restart t...Rule High Severity -
Disable the GNOME3 Login User List
In the default graphical environment, users logging directly into the system are greeted with a login screen that displays all known users. This functionality should be disabled by setting <code>di...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the GNOME3 Screen Locking On Smartcard Removal
In the default graphical environment, screen locking on smartcard removal can be enabled by setting <code>removal-action</code> to <code>'lock-screen'</code>. <br> <br> To enable,...Rule Medium Severity -
Set the GNOME3 Login Number of Failures
In the default graphical environment, the GNOME3 login screen and be configured to restart the authentication process after a configured number of attempts. This can be configured by setting <code>...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable GDM Automatic Login
The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) can allow users to automatically login without user interaction or credentials. User should always be required to authenticate themselves to the system that they are...Rule High Severity -
Disable GDM Guest Login
The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) can allow users to login without credentials which can be useful for public kiosk scenarios. Allowing users to login without credentials or "guest" account access ha...Rule High Severity -
Disable XDMCP in GDM
XDMCP is an unencrypted protocol, and therefore, presents a security risk, see e.g. <a href="https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/stable/security.html.en_GB#xdmcpsecurity">XDMCP Gnome docs</a>. To dis...Rule High Severity -
GNOME Media Settings
GNOME media settings that apply to the graphical interface.Group -
Disable GNOME3 Automounting
The system's default desktop environment, GNOME3, will mount devices and removable media (such as DVDs, CDs and USB flash drives) whenever they are inserted into the system. To disable automount wi...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure sudo Ignores Commands In Current Dir - sudo ignore_dot
The sudo <code>ignore_dot</code> tag, when specified, will ignore the current directory in the PATH environment variable. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, <code>ignore_dot</code> is enabled by defaul...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable GNOME3 Automount Opening
The system's default desktop environment, GNOME3, will mount devices and removable media (such as DVDs, CDs and USB flash drives) whenever they are inserted into the system. To disable automount-op...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable GNOME3 Automount running
The system's default desktop environment, GNOME3, will mount devices and removable media (such as DVDs, CDs and USB flash drives) whenever they are inserted into the system. To disable autorun-neve...Rule Low Severity -
Disable All GNOME3 Thumbnailers
The system's default desktop environment, GNOME3, uses a number of different thumbnailer programs to generate thumbnails for any new or modified content in an opened folder. To disable the executio...Rule Unknown Severity -
GNOME Network Settings
GNOME network settings that apply to the graphical interface.Group -
Disable WIFI Network Connection Creation in GNOME3
<code>GNOME</code> allows users to create ad-hoc wireless connections through the <code>NetworkManager</code> applet. Wireless connections should be disabled by adding or setting <code>disable-wifi...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable WIFI Network Notification in GNOME3
By default, <code>GNOME</code> disables WIFI notification. This should be permanently set so that users do not connect to a wireless network when the system finds one. While useful for mobile devic...Rule Medium Severity
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