RHEL 9 must be configured so that the file integrity tool verifies extended attributes.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
RHEL 9 installation media ships with an optional file integrity tool called Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE). AIDE is highly configurable at install time. This requirement assumes the "aide.conf" file is under the "/etc" directory. Extended attributes in file systems are used to contain arbitrary data and file metadata with security implications.
- ID
- SV-258139r1045276_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-651035
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the file integrity tool to check file and directory extended attributes.
If AIDE is installed, ensure the "xattrs" rule is present on all uncommented file and directory selection lists.