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SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The SUSE operating system for all network connections associated with SSH traffic must immediately terminate at the end of the session or after 10 minutes of inactivity.

    <VulnDiscussion>Automatic session termination addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of ...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system SSH daemon must be configured to not allow authentication using known hosts authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring this setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote logon via SSH will require a password, ...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system SSH daemon 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 SUSE operating system SSH daemon 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 SUSE operating system 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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  • The SUSE operating system SSH daemon must not allow compression or must only allow compression after successful authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If compression is allowed in an SSH connection prior to authentication, vulnerabilities in the compression software could res...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system SSH daemon must disable forwarded remote X connections for interactive users, unless to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The security risk of using X11 forwarding is that the client's X11 display server may be exposed to attack when the SSH clien...
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  • SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143

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  • The SUSE operating system clock must, for networked systems, be synchronized to an authoritative DoD time source at least every 24 hours.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the cor...
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  • SRG-OS-000359-GPOS-00146

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  • The SUSE operating system must be configured to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analys...
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  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192

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  • The SUSE operating system must implement kptr-restrict to prevent the leaking of internal kernel addresses.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in nonexecutable regions of memory or in memory locations t...
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  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00193

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  • Address space layout randomization (ASLR) must be implemented by the SUSE operating system to protect memory from unauthorized code execution.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in nonexecutable regions of memory or in memory locations t...
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