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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the Asynchronous Transfer Mode kernel module.

    <VulnDiscussion>Disabling Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.</V...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the Controller Area Network kernel module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disabling Controller Area Network (CAN) protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.&lt;/Vuln...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the FireWire kernel module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disabling firewire protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fal...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 /etc/passwd- file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/passwd-" file is a backup file of "/etc/passwd", and as such, contains information about the users that are configu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • RHEL 9 must disable the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) kernel module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must disable the Transparent Inter Process Communication (TIPC) kernel module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00193

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Address space layout randomization (ASLR) makes it more difficult for an attacker to predict the location of attack code they...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000132-GPOS-00067

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must disable access to network bpf system call from nonprivileged processes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Loading and accessing the packet filters programs and maps using the bpf() system call has the potential of revealing sensiti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000132-GPOS-00067

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must restrict usage of ptrace to descendant processes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unrestricted usage of ptrace allows compromised binaries to run ptrace on other processes of the user. Like this, the attacke...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must ensure cryptographic verification of vendor software packages.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Cryptographic verification of vendor software packages ensures that all software packages are obtained from a valid source an...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000366-GPOS-00153

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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