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DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 7

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Mount Remote Filesystems with Restrictive Options

    Edit the file <code>/etc/fstab</code>. For each filesystem whose type (column 3) is <code>nfs</code> or <code>nfs4</code>, add the text <code>,node...
    Group
  • Mount Remote Filesystems with Kerberos Security

    Add the <code>sec=krb5:krb5i:krb5p</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code> for the line which controls mounting of any NFS mo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Mount Remote Filesystems with noexec

    Add the noexec option to the fourth column of /etc/fstab for the line which controls mounting of any NFS mounts.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Mount Remote Filesystems with nosuid

    Add the nosuid option to the fourth column of /etc/fstab for the line which controls mounting of any NFS mounts.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Network Time Protocol

    The Network Time Protocol is used to manage the system clock over a network. Computer clocks are not very accurate, so time will drift unpredictabl...
    Group
  • Configure Time Service Maxpoll Interval

    The <code>maxpoll</code> should be configured to <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_time_service_set_maxpoll" use="legacy...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Obsolete Services

    This section discusses a number of network-visible services which have historically caused problems for system security, and for which disabling or...
    Group
  • NIS

    The Network Information Service (NIS), also known as 'Yellow Pages' (YP), and its successor NIS+ have been made obsolete by Kerberos, LDAP, and oth...
    Group
  • Uninstall ypserv Package

    The ypserv package can be removed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum erase ypserv
    Rule High Severity
  • Rlogin, Rsh, and Rexec

    The Berkeley r-commands are legacy services which allow cleartext remote access and have an insecure trust model.
    Group

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