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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be a vendor supported release.

    An operating system release is considered "supported" if the vendor continues to provide security patches for the product. With an unsupported release, it will not be possible to resolve security i...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system security patches and updates must be installed and up to date.

    Timely patching is critical for maintaining the operational availability, confidentiality, and integrity of information technology (IT) systems. However, failure to keep operating system and applic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must not have unnecessary accounts.

    Accounts providing no operational purpose provide additional opportunities for system compromise. Unnecessary accounts include user accounts for individuals not requiring access to the system and a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all Group Identifiers (GIDs) referenced in the /etc/passwd file are defined in the /etc/group file.

    If a user is assigned the GID of a group not existing on the system, and a group with the GID is subsequently created, the user may have unintended rights to any files associated with the group.
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the root account must be the only account having unrestricted access to the system.

    If an account other than root also has a User Identifier (UID) of "0", it has root authority, giving that account unrestricted access to the entire operating system. Multiple accounts with a UID of...
    Rule High Severity

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