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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Enable the xend_run_blktap SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xend_run_blktap</code> is enabled. If this setting is disabled, it should be enabled. To enable the <code>xe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable the xend_run_qemu SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xend_run_qemu</code> is enabled. If this setting is disabled, it should be enabled. To enable the <code>xend...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the xguest_connect_network SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_connect_network</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guest users should not be able t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the xguest_exec_content SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_exec_content</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guest users should not be able to r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the xguest_mount_media SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_mount_media</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guest users should not be able to mo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the xguest_use_bluetooth SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_use_bluetooth</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guests users should not be able to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the xserver_clients_write_xshm SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xserver_clients_write_xshm</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the xserver_execmem SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xserver_execmem</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <code>...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the xserver_object_manager SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xserver_object_manager</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the zabbix_can_network SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>zabbix_can_network</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the zarafa_setrlimit SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>zarafa_setrlimit</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <code...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the zebra_write_config SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>zebra_write_config</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the zoneminder_anon_write SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>zoneminder_anon_write</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the zoneminder_run_sudo SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>zoneminder_run_sudo</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Services

    The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Red Hat Enterpris...
    Group
  • Apport Service

    The Apport service provides debugging and crash reporting features on Ubuntu distributions.
    Group
  • APT service configuration

    The apt service manage the package management and update of the whole system. Its configuration need to be properly defined to ensure efficient sec...
    Group
  • Avahi Server

    The Avahi daemon implements the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS protocols, which provide service and host discovery on a network. It allows...
    Group
  • Configure Avahi if Necessary

    If your system requires the Avahi daemon, its configuration can be restricted to improve security. The Avahi daemon configuration file is <code>/et...
    Group
  • Check Avahi Responses' TTL Field

    To make Avahi ignore packets unless the TTL field is 255, edit <code>/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf</code> and ensure the following line appears in t...
    Rule Low Severity

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