Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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RHEL 8 must be configured to disable USB mass storage.
<VulnDiscussion>USB mass storage permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Satisfies: SRG-OS-00...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000297-GPOS-00115
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
A RHEL 8 firewall must employ a deny-all, allow-by-exception policy for allowing connections to other systems.
<VulnDiscussion>Failure to restrict network connectivity only to authorized systems permits inbound connections from malicious systems. It al...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000297-GPOS-00115
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
A firewall must be installed on RHEL 8.
<VulnDiscussion>"Firewalld" provides an easy and effective way to block/limit remote access to the system via ports, services, and protocols....Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000299-GPOS-00117
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 wireless network adapters must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of communications with wireless peripherals, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unpr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000300-GPOS-00118
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 Bluetooth must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of communications with wireless peripherals, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unpr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /dev/shm with the nodev option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /dev/shm with the nosuid option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /dev/shm with the noexec option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /tmp with the nodev option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /tmp with the nosuid option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /tmp with the noexec option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /var/log with the nodev option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /var/log with the nosuid option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /var/log with the noexec option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /var/log/audit with the nodev option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /var/log/audit with the nosuid option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /var/log/audit with the noexec option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /var/tmp with the nodev option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /var/tmp with the nosuid option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must mount /var/tmp with the noexec option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The RHEL 8 fapolicy module must be installed.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must block unauthorized peripherals before establishing a connection.
<VulnDiscussion>Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
A firewall must be able to protect against or limit the effects of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by ensuring RHEL 8 can implement rate-limiting measures on impacted network interfaces.
<VulnDiscussion>DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All RHEL 8 networked systems must have and implement SSH to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted and received information, as well as information during preparation for transmission.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of the transmitted information, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unprotected commu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must force a frequent session key renegotiation for SSH connections to the server.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of the transmitted information, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unprotected commu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group
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