Guide to the Secure Configuration of Debian 10
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lremovexattr
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br><br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configu...Rule Medium Severity -
net.ipv6.conf.default.autoconf
Enable auto configuration on IPv6 interfacesValue -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lsetxattr
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - removexattr
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br><br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configu...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - setxattr
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - umount
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file system umount changes. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrul...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - umount2
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file system umount2 changes. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenru...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Execution Attempts to Run ACL Privileged Commands
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of ACL privileged commands for all users and root.Group -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - shutdown
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Record File Deletion Events by User
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...Group -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User
At a minimum the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use th...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - rename
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - renameat
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - rmdir
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - unlink
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - unlinkat
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use t...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unauthorized Access Attempts Events to Files (unsuccessful)
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. Note that the "-F arch=b32" lines should be presen...Group -
Ensure auditd Collects Unauthorized Access Attempts to Files (unsuccessful)
At a minimum the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to ...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - creat
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - ftruncate
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...Rule Medium Severity -
net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding
Toggle IPv6 default ForwardingValue -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - open
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - open_by_handle_at
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - openat
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Unsuccessful Access Attempts to Files - truncate
At a minimum, the audit system should collect unauthorized file accesses for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Information on Kernel Modules Loading and Unloading
To capture kernel module loading and unloading events, use following lines, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for b...Group -
net.ipv6.conf.default.max_addresses
Maximum number of autoconfigured IPv6 addressesValue -
net.ipv6.conf.default.router_solicitations
Accept all router solicitations by default?Value -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading
To capture kernel module loading and unloading events, use following lines, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for b...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Unloading - delete_module
To capture kernel module unloading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading - finit_module
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading - init_module
To capture kernel module loading events, use following line, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for both b32 and b64...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable syslog-ng Service
The <code>syslog-ng</code> service (in replacement of rsyslog) provides syslog-style logging by default on Debian. The <code>syslog-ng</code> serv...Rule Medium Severity -
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra_defrtr
Accept default router in router advertisements?Value -
Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events - lastlog
The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenr...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events - tallylog
The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenr...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Information on the Use of Privileged Commands
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root.Group -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - init
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - poweroff
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - reboot
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd to use audispd's syslog plugin
To configure the <code>auditd</code> service to use the <code>syslog</code> plug-in of the <code>audispd</code> audit event multiplexor, set the <c...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Attempts to Alter Time Through stime
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands
The audit system should collect information about usage of privileged commands for all users. These are commands with suid or sgid bits on and they...Rule Medium Severity -
Records Events that Modify Date and Time Information
Arbitrary changes to the system time can be used to obfuscate nefarious activities in log files, as well as to confuse network services that are hi...Group -
Record attempts to alter time through adjtimex
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Attempts to Alter Time Through clock_settime
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...Rule Medium Severity -
Record attempts to alter time through settimeofday
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...Rule Medium Severity -
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra_pinfo
Accept prefix information in router advertisements?Value -
Configure auditd Disk Error Action on Disk Error
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when there is a disk error. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. ...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Attempts to Alter the localtime File
If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...Rule Medium Severity
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