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Security Profile of Oracle Linux 7 for SAP

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • System Settings

    Contains rules that check correct system settings.
    Group
  • Installing and Maintaining Software

    The following sections contain information on security-relevant choices during the initial operating system installation process and the setup of s...
    Group
  • SAP Specific Requirement

    SAP (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing) is enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. The follow...
    Group
  • Package glibc Installed

    The package <code>glibc</code> is installed on Linux by default, but the <code>glibc</code> version might not be sufficient for SAP. Please refer t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Package uuidd Installed

    The package <code>uuidd</code> is not installed on normal Linux distribution by default. Applications require this package to avoid database incons...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Only sidadm and orasid/oracle User Accounts Exist on Operating System

    SAP tends to use the server or virtual machine exclusively. There should be only SAP system users <code>sidadm</code> and <code>orasid</code> that ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • File Permissions and Masks

    Traditional Unix security relies heavily on file and directory permissions to prevent unauthorized users from reading or modifying files to which t...
    Group
  • Verify Permissions on Important Files and Directories

    Permissions for many files on a system must be set restrictively to ensure sensitive information is properly protected. This section discusses impo...
    Group
  • Verify Permissions on Files with Local Account Information and Credentials

    The default restrictive permissions for files which act as important security databases such as <code>passwd</code>, <code>shadow</code>, <code>gro...
    Group
  • Verify Permissions on shadow File

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/shadow, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0000 /etc/shadow
    Rule Medium Severity

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