Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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RHEL 8 must not forward IPv4 source-routed packets.
<VulnDiscussion>Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest that routers forward the packet along a different path than c...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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RHEL 8 must not forward IPv4 source-routed packets by default.
<VulnDiscussion>Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest that routers forward the packet along a different path than c...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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RHEL 8 must ignore IPv4 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect messages.
<VulnDiscussion>ICMP redirect messages are used by routers to inform hosts that a more direct route exists for a particular destination. Thes...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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RHEL 8 must enable hardening for the Berkeley Packet Filter Just-in-time compiler.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005
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RHEL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must configure SELinux context type to allow the use of a non-default faillock tally directory.
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005
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RHEL 8 systems below version 8.2 must configure SELinux context type to allow the use of a non-default faillock tally directory.
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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RHEL 8 must not enable IPv4 packet forwarding unless the system is a router.
<VulnDiscussion>Routing protocol daemons are typically used on routers to exchange network topology information with other routers. If this s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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The RHEL 8 operating system must not have accounts configured with blank or null passwords.
<VulnDiscussion>If an account has an empty password, anyone could log on and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with ...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100
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RHEL 8 library directories must have mode 755 or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>If RHEL 8 were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without under...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100
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RHEL 8 library directories must be owned by root.
<VulnDiscussion>If RHEL 8 were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without under...Rule Medium Severity
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