Guide to the Secure Configuration of Debian 12
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter
Enables source route verificationValue -
net.ipv4.conf.default.secure_redirects
Enable to prevent hijacking of routing path by only allowing redirects from gateways known in routing table. Disable to refuse acceptance of secure...Value -
net.ipv4.conf.default.shared_media
Controls whether the system can send(router) or accept(host) RFC1620 shared media redirects. <code>shared_media</code> for the interface will be en...Value -
net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses
Enable to prevent unnecessary loggingValue -
net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337
Enable to enable TCP behavior conformant with RFC 1337Value -
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies
Enable to turn on TCP SYN Cookie ProtectionValue -
Install the ntp service
The ntpd service should be installed.Rule High Severity -
Protect Random-Number Entropy Pool
The I/O operations of the Linux kernel block layer due to their inherently unpredictable execution times have been traditionally considered as a re...Group -
Kernel Configuration
Contains rules that check the kernel configuration that was used to build it.Group -
Hash function for kernel module signing
The hash function to use when signing modules during kernel build process.Value -
Key and certificate for kernel module signing
The private key and certificate to use when signing modules during kernel build process. On systems where the OpenSSL ENGINE_pkcs11 is functional —...Value -
Kernel panic timeout
The time, in seconds, to wait until a reboot occurs. If the value is <code>0</code> the system never reboots. If the value is less than <code>0</co...Value -
Do not allow ACPI methods to be inserted/replaced at run time
This debug facility allows ACPI AML methods to be inserted and/or replaced without rebooting the system. This configuration is available from kerne...Rule Low Severity -
Disable kernel support for MISC binaries
Enabling <code>CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC</code> makes it possible to plug wrapper-driven binary formats into the kernel. This is specially useful for prog...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable support for BUG()
Disabling this option eliminates support for BUG and WARN, reducing the size of your kernel image and potentially quietly ignoring numerous fatal c...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable compatibility with brk()
Enabling compatiliby with <code>brk()</code> allows legacy binaries to run (i.e. those linked against libc5). But this compatibility comes at the c...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Chrony is only configured with the server directive
Check that Chrony only has time sources configured with theserverdirective.Rule Medium Severity -
Network Parameters for Hosts Only
If the system is not going to be used as a router, then setting certain kernel parameters ensure that the host will not perform routing of network ...Group -
Xinetd
The <code>xinetd</code> service acts as a dedicated listener for some network services (mostly, obsolete ones) and can be used to provide access co...Group -
NIS
The Network Information Service (NIS), also known as 'Yellow Pages' (YP), and its successor NIS+ have been made obsolete by Kerberos, LDAP, and oth...Group
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