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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • There must be no shosts.equiv files on the RHEL 8 operating system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "shosts.equiv" files are used to configure host-based authentication for the system via SSH. Host-based authentication is...
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  • There must be no .shosts files on the RHEL 8 operating system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ".shosts" files are used to configure host-based authentication for individual users or the system via SSH. Host-based au...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 8 must enable the hardware random number generator entropy gatherer service.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The most important characteristic of a random number generator is its randomness, namely its ability to deliver random number...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The RHEL 8 SSH public host key files must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a public host key file is modified by an unauthorized user, the SSH service may be compromised.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The RHEL 8 SSH private host key files must have mode 0640 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an unauthorized user obtains the private SSH host key file, the host could be impersonated.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The RHEL 8 SSH daemon must perform strict mode checking of home directory configuration files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If other users have access to modify user-specific SSH configuration files, they may be able to log on to the system as anoth...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The rsyslog service must be running in RHEL 8.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring RHEL 8 to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance w...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 8 must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on file systems that contain user home directories.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "nosuid" mount option causes the system not to execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option mus...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 8 must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on the /boot directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "nosuid" mount option causes the system not to execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option mus...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 8 must prevent special devices on non-root local partitions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "nodev" mount option causes the system to not interpret character or block special devices. Executing character or block ...
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