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Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • For OL 8 systems using Domain Name Servers (DNS) resolution, at least two name servers must be configured.

    <VulnDiscussion>To provide availability for name resolution services, multiple redundant name servers are mandated. A failure in name resolut...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Executable search paths within the initialization files of all local interactive OL 8 users must only contain paths that resolve to the system default or the user's home directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • All OL 8 world-writable directories must be owned by root, sys, bin, or an application user.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a world-writable directory is not owned by root, sys, bin, or an application User Identifier (UID), unauthorized users may...
    Rule Medium Severity

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