The Oracle Linux operating system access control program must be configured to grant or deny system access to specific hosts and services.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If the systems access control program is not configured with appropriate rules for allowing and denying access to system network resources, services may be accessible to unauthorized hosts.
- ID
- SV-221892r991589_rule
- Version
- OL07-00-040810
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
If "firewalld" is installed and active on the system, configure rules for allowing specific services and hosts.
If "firewalld" is not "active", enable "tcpwrappers" by configuring "/etc/hosts.allow" and "/etc/hosts.deny" to allow or deny access to specific hosts.