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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Explicit arguments in sudo specifications

    All commands in the sudoers file must strictly specify the arguments allowed to be used for a given user. If the command is supposed to be executed...
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  • Don't define allowed commands in sudoers by means of exclusion

    Policies applied by sudo through the sudoers file should not involve negation. Each user specification in the <code>sudoers</code> file contains a...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Don't target root user in the sudoers file

    The targeted users of a user specification should be, as much as possible, non privileged users (i.e.: non-root). User specifications have to expl...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Ensure invoking users password for privilege escalation when using sudo

    The sudoers security policy requires that users authenticate themselves before they can use sudo. When sudoers requires authentication, it validate...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • System Tooling / Utilities

    The following checks evaluate the system for recommended base packages -- both for installation and removal.
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  • Ensure gnutls-utils is installed

    The gnutls-utils package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf install gnutls-utils
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Ensure nss-tools is installed

    The nss-tools package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf install nss-tools
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Install openscap-scanner Package

    The openscap-scanner package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf install openscap-scanner
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Install rear Package

    The rear package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf install rear
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Install rng-tools Package

    The rng-tools package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf install rng-tools
    Rule Low Severity
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  • An SELinux Context must be configured for the pam_faillock.so records directory

    The <code>dir</code> configuration option in PAM pam_faillock.so module defines where the lockout records is stored. The configured directory must ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Install scap-security-guide Package

    The scap-security-guide package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf install scap-security-guide
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Install subscription-manager Package

    The subscription-manager package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf install subscription-manager
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Uninstall geolite2-city Package

    The geolite2-city package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf erase geolite2-city
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Uninstall geolite2-country Package

    The geolite2-country package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf erase geolite2-country
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Uninstall gssproxy Package

    The gssproxy package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf erase gssproxy
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Uninstall iprutils Package

    The iprutils package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf erase iprutils
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Uninstall krb5-workstation Package

    The krb5-workstation package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf erase krb5-workstation
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Uninstall tuned Package

    The tuned package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf erase tuned
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Updating Software

    The <code>dnf</code> command line tool is used to install and update software packages. The system also provides a graphical software update tool i...
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