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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000239

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  • The operating system must audit all account modifications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The operating system must audit all account disabling actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When operating system accounts are disabled, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000241

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    Group
  • The operating system must audit all account removal actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When operating system accounts are removed, user accessibility is affected. Accounts are utilized for identifying individual ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000250

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    Group
  • The operating system must implement cryptography to protect the integrity of remote access sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. Remote acce...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000254

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    Group
  • The operating system must initiate session audits at system start-up.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit sy...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000255

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  • The operating system must produce audit records containing information to establish the identity of any individual or process associated with the event.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without information that establishes the identity of the subjects (i.e., users or processes acting on behalf of users) associ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000256

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    Group
  • The operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000257

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    Group
  • The operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000258

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    Group
  • The operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259

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    Group
  • The operating system must limit privileges to change software resident within software libraries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; If the operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemente...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000266

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    Group

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