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SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must initiate a session lock after a 15-minute period of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must lock an account after three consecutive invalid access attempts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed access attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must enforce a delay of at least five seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt via pluggable authentication modules (PAM).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must use the default pam_tally2 tally directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000027-GPOS-00008

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must limit the number of concurrent sessions to 10 for all accounts and/or account types.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SLEM 5 management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that use a SLEM 5. Limiting the numbe...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must reauthenticate users when changing authenticators, roles, or escalating privileges.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When SLEM 5 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must have policycoreutils package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must enable the SELinux targeted policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SLEM 5 must prevent nonprivileged users from executing privileged functions, including disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing nonprivileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or proces...
    Rule Medium Severity

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