SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SUSE operating systems with a basic input/output system (BIOS) must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.
<VulnDiscussion>To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
SUSE operating systems with Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) implemented must require authentication upon booting into single-user mode and maintenance.
<VulnDiscussion>If the system allows a user to boot into single-user or maintenance mode without authentication, any user that invokes single...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000185-GPOS-00079
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All SUSE operating system persistent disk partitions must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure or modification of all information that requires at rest protection.
<VulnDiscussion>SUSE operating systems handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent una...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The sticky bit must be set on all SUSE operating system world-writable directories.
<VulnDiscussion>Preventing unauthorized information transfers mitigates the risk of information, including encrypted representations of infor...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000363-GPOS-00150
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) must verify the baseline SUSE operating system configuration at least weekly.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized changes to the baseline configuration could make the system vulnerable to various attacks or allow unauthorized ...Rule Medium Severity -
The SUSE operating system must notify the System Administrator (SA) when AIDE discovers anomalies in the operation of any security functions.
<VulnDiscussion>If anomalies are not acted on, security functions may fail to secure the system. Security function is defined as the hardwa...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system file integrity tool must be configured to verify Access Control Lists (ACLs).
<VulnDiscussion>ACLs can provide permissions beyond those permitted through the file mode and must be verified by file integrity tools.</V...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system file integrity tool must be configured to verify extended attributes.
<VulnDiscussion>Extended attributes in file systems are used to contain arbitrary data and file metadata with security implications.</Vuln...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000278-GPOS-00108
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system file integrity tool must be configured to protect the integrity of the audit tools.
<VulnDiscussion>Protecting the integrity of the tools used for auditing purposes is a critical step toward ensuring the integrity of audit in...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000366-GPOS-00153
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system tool zypper must have gpgcheck enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the SUSE operating system. This re...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000437-GPOS-00194
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must remove all outdated software components after updated versions have been installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed m...Rule Medium Severity
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