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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • RHEL 8 must prevent the loading of a new kernel for later execution.

    <VulnDiscussion>Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the operating system. This require...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00122

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must enable kernel parameters to enforce discretionary access control on symlinks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00122

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must enable kernel parameters to enforce discretionary access control on hardlinks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must restrict access to the kernel message buffer.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing unauthorized information transfers mitigates the risk of information, including encrypted representations of infor...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must implement non-executable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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