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Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 audit log directory must be owned by root to prevent unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The OL 8 Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and System Administrator (SA) (at a minimum) must have mail aliases to be notified of an audit processing failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000047-GPOS-00023

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 System must take appropriate action when an audit processing failure occurs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000047-GPOS-00023

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 audit system must take appropriate action when the audit storage volume is full.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when OL 8 is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it takes action to mitigate the failur...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 audit system must audit local events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing what type of events occurred, the source of events, where events occurred, and the outcome of events, it...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 audit log directory must be group-owned by root to prevent unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • OL 8 must label all offloaded audit logs before sending them to the central log server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing what type of events occurred and their source, location, and outcome, it would be difficult to establish...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must resolve audit information before writing to disk.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing what type of events occurred and their source, location, and outcome, it would be difficult to establish...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 audit logs must have a mode of "0600" or less permissive to prevent unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 audit logs must be owned by root to prevent unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 audit logs must be group-owned by root to prevent unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 audit log directory must have a mode of 0700 or less permissive to prevent unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 audit system must protect auditing rules from unauthorized change.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 audit system must protect logon UIDs from unauthorized change.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for all account creation events that affect "/etc/shadow".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for all account creation events that affect "/etc/security/opasswd".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for all account creation events that affect "/etc/passwd".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for all account creation events that affect "/etc/gshadow".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for all account creation events that affect "/etc/group".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/sudoers".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000004-GPOS-00004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for any attempted modifications to the "lastlog" file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/sudoers.d/".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000037-GPOS-00015

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for any use of the "su" command.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000037-GPOS-00015

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The OL 8 audit system must be configured to audit any use of the "setxattr", "fsetxattr", "lsetxattr", "removexattr", "fremovexattr", and "lremovexattr" system calls.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000037-GPOS-00015

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • OL 8 must generate audit records for any use of the "chage" command.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000037-GPOS-00015

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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