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Linux Kernel capabilities must be restricted within containers as defined in the System Security Plan (SSP) for Docker Enterprise.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>By default, Docker starts containers with a restricted set of Linux Kernel Capabilities. It means that any process may be granted the required capabilities instead of root access. Using Linux Kernel Capabilities, the processes do not have to run as root for almost all the specific areas where root privileges are usually needed. Docker supports the addition and removal of capabilities, allowing the use of a non-default profile. This may make Docker more secure through capability removal, or less secure through the addition of capabilities. It is thus recommended to remove all capabilities except those explicitly required for the user's container process. By default, below capabilities are available for Linux containers: AUDIT_WRITE CHOWN DAC_OVERRIDE FOWNER FSETID KILL MKNOD NET_BIND_SERVICE NET_RAW SETFCAP SETGID SETPCAP SETUID SYS_CHROOT</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-235801r627530_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

This fix only applies to the use of Docker Engine - Enterprise on a Linux host operating system and should be executed on all nodes in a Docker Enterprise cluster.

Document the required Kernel Capabilities for each container in the SSP. Only add needed capabilities when running containers. 

via CLI: