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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083

    Group
  • SLEM 5 must generate error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

    Any operating system providing too much information in error messages risks compromising the data and security of the structure, and content of error messages needs to be carefully considered by th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050

    Group
  • SLEM 5 must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services as defined in the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) Category Assignments List (CAL) and vulnerability assessments.

    To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable or restr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143

    Group
  • SLEM 5 clock must, for networked systems, be synchronized to an authoritative DOD time source at least every 24 hours.

    Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the correct time a particular event occurred on a system is critical when condu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • SLEM 5 must not have network interfaces in promiscuous mode unless approved and documented.

    Network interfaces in promiscuous mode allow for the capture of all network traffic visible to the system. If unauthorized individuals can access these applications, it may allow then to collect in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • SLEM 5 must not forward Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) source-routed packets.

    Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest that routers forward the packet along a different path than configured on the router, which can be used to bypass network security me...
    Rule Medium Severity

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