Guide to the Secure Configuration of Debian 10
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Configure auditd Data Retention
The audit system writes data to <code>/var/log/audit/audit.log</code>. By default, <code>auditd</code> rotates 5 logs by size (6MB), retaining a ma...Group -
Action for audispd to take when disk is full
The setting for disk_full_action in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.confValue -
Action for audispd to take when network fails
The setting for network_failure_action in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.confValue -
Remote server for audispd to send audit records
The setting for remote_server in /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.confValue -
Account for auditd to send email when actions occurs
The setting for action_mail_acct in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Action for auditd to take when disk space is low
The setting for admin_space_left_action in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
The percentage remaining in disk space before prompting admin_space_left_action
The setting for admin_space_left as a percentage in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Action for auditd to take when disk errors
'The setting for disk_error_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|hal...Value -
Action for auditd to take when disk is full
'The setting for disk_full_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|halt...Value -
Auditd priority for flushing data to disk
The setting for flush in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Number of Record to Retain Before Flushing to Disk
The setting for freq in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Maximum audit log file size for auditd
The setting for max_log_file in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Action for auditd to take when log files reach their maximum size
The setting for max_log_file_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf. The following options are available: <br>ignore - audit daemon does nothing. <br>sys...Value -
Number of log files for auditd to retain
The setting for num_logs in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Size remaining in disk space before prompting space_left_action
The setting for space_left (MB) in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Action for auditd to take when disk space just starts to run low
The setting for space_left_action in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
The percentage remaining in disk space before prompting space_left_action
The setting for space_left as a percentage in /etc/audit/auditd.confValue -
Disable IA32 emulation
Disables support for legacy 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. The configuration that was used to build kernel is available at <code>/boot/con...Rule Medium Severity -
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 -
Configure auditd Disk Full Action when Disk Space Is Full
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Ed...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd Disk Full Action when Disk Space Is Full
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Ed...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd mail_acct Action on Low Disk Space
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to send email to a designated account in certain situations. Add or correct the following line in...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd admin_space_left Action on Low Disk Space
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Ed...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd Max Log File Size
Determine the amount of audit data (in megabytes) which should be retained in each log file. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. Add...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd max_log_file_action Upon Reaching Maximum Log Size
The default action to take when the logs reach their maximum size is to rotate the log files, discarding the oldest one. To configure the action ta...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd max_log_file_action Upon Reaching Maximum Log Size
The default action to take when the logs reach their maximum size is to rotate the log files, discarding the oldest one. To configure the action ta...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd Number of Logs Retained
Determine how many log files <code>auditd</code> should retain when it rotates logs. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. Add or modi...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd space_left Action on Low Disk Space
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space <i>starts</i> to run low. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd...Rule Medium Severity -
Set number of records to cause an explicit flush to audit logs
To configure Audit daemon to issue an explicit flush to disk command after writing <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_aud...Rule Medium Severity -
Include Local Events in Audit Logs
To configure Audit daemon to include local events in Audit logs, set <code>local_events</code> to <code>yes</code> in <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf<...Rule Medium Severity -
Resolve information before writing to audit logs
To configure Audit daemon to resolve all uid, gid, syscall, architecture, and socket address information before writing the events to disk, set <co...Rule Low Severity -
Appropriate Action Must be Setup When the Internal Audit Event Queue is Full
The audit system should have an action setup in the event the internal event queue becomes full. To setup an overflow action edit <code>/etc/audit/...Rule Medium Severity -
Write Audit Logs to the Disk
To configure Audit daemon to write Audit logs to the disk, set <code>write_logs</code> to <code>yes</code> in <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. ...Rule Medium Severity -
System Accounting with auditd
The <code>auditd</code> program can perform comprehensive monitoring of system activity. This section makes use of recommended configuration settin...Group -
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra_rtr_pref
Accept router preference in router advertisements?Value -
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra
Accept all router advertisements?Value -
AppArmor
Many security vulnerabilities result from bugs in trusted programs. A trusted program runs with privileges that attackers want to possess. The prog...Group -
AppArmor profiles mode
enforce - Set all AppArmor profiles to enforce mode
complain - Set all AppArmor profiles to complain modeValue -
GRUB2 bootloader configuration
During the boot process, the boot loader is responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing options to it. The boot loader allows ...Group -
L1TF vulnerability mitigation
Defines the L1TF vulneratility mitigations to employ.Value -
MDS vulnerability mitigation
Defines the MDS vulneratility mitigation to employ.Value -
Confidence level on Hardware Random Number Generator
Defines the level of trust on the hardware random number generators available in the system and the percentage of entropy to credit.Value -
Spec Store Bypass Mitigation
This controls how the Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) vulnerability is mitigated.Value -
Disable Recovery Booting
Debian 10 systems support an "recovery boot" option that can be used to prevent services from being started. The <code>GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY</code>...Rule Medium Severity -
IOMMU configuration directive
On x86 architecture supporting VT-d, the IOMMU manages the access control policy between the hardware devices and some of the system critical u...Rule Unknown Severity -
Configure L1 Terminal Fault mitigations
L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) is a hardware vulnerability which allows unprivileged speculative access to data which is available in the Level 1 Data Ca...Rule High Severity -
Force kernel panic on uncorrected MCEs
A Machine Check Exception is an error generated by the CPU itdetects an error in itself, memory or I/O devices. These errors may be corrected and g...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure SMAP is not disabled during boot
The SMAP is used to prevent the supervisor mode from unintentionally reading/writing into memory pages in the user space, it is enabled by default ...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure SMEP is not disabled during boot
The SMEP is used to prevent the supervisor mode from executing user space code, it is enabled by default since Linux kernel 3.0. But it could be di...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure the confidence in TPM for entropy
The TPM security chip that is available in most modern systems has a hardware RNG. It is also used to feed the entropy pool, but generally not cred...Rule Low Severity
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