General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000425
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission.
<VulnDiscussion>Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, for examp...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000426
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during reception.
<VulnDiscussion>Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during reception, including, for example, duri...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000432
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives when invalid inputs are received.
<VulnDiscussion>A common vulnerability of operating system is unpredictable behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guard...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000433
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must implement non-executable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.
<VulnDiscussion>Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000433
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must implement address space layout randomization to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.
<VulnDiscussion>Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000437
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must remove all software components after updated versions have been installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed m...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000445
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must verify correct operation of all security functions.
<VulnDiscussion>Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000446
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must perform verification of the correct operation of security functions: upon system start-up and/or restart; upon command by a user with privileged access; and/or every 30 days.
<VulnDiscussion>Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000447
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must shut down the information system, restart the information system, and/or notify the system administrator when anomalies in the operation of any security functions are discovered.
<VulnDiscussion>If anomalies are not acted upon, security functions may fail to secure the system. Security function is defined as the hard...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000458
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000461
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000462
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000463
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000465
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000466
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000467
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete security levels occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000468
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete security objects occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000470
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000471
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000471
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The audit system must be configured to audit the loading and unloading of dynamic kernel modules.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000472
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the system.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000473
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when concurrent logons to the same account occur from different sources.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000474
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful accesses to objects occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000475
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records for all direct access to the information system.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000476
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity
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