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Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The system must require authentication before allowing modification of the boot devices or menus. Secure the GRUB Menu (Intel).

    <VulnDiscussion>The flexibility that GRUB provides creates a security risk if its configuration is modified by an unauthorized user. The fail...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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    Group
  • The operating system must implement transaction recovery for transaction-based systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Recovery and reconstitution constitutes executing an operating system contingency plan comprised of activities to restore ess...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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    Group
  • SNMP communities, users, and passphrases must be changed from the default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Whether active or not, default SNMP passwords, users, and passphrases must be changed to maintain security. If the service is...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • A file integrity baseline must be created, maintained, and reviewed at least weekly to determine if unauthorized changes have been made to important system files located in the root file system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A file integrity baseline is a collection of file metadata used to evaluate the integrity of the system. A minimal baseline m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Direct logins must not be permitted to shared, default, application, or utility accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Shared accounts (accounts where two or more people log in with the same user identification) do not provide identification an...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must conduct backups of user-level information contained in the operating system per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Operating system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. User-level information is data g...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must conduct backups of system-level information contained in the information system per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups that are consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Operating system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. System-level information is data...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must conduct backups of operating system documentation including security-related documentation per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups that is consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Operating system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. System documentation is data gen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000181

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must prevent the execution of prohibited mobile code.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within operating systems are based on the potential for the code to cause d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The operating system must employ PKI solutions at workstations, servers, or mobile computing devices on the network to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of PKI systems to manage digital certificates, the operating system or other system components may be unable ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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