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DRAFT - Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Add nodev Option to /var/tmp

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var/tmp</code>. Legitimate character and block...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add noexec Option to /var/tmp

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var/tmp</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add nosuid Option to /var/tmp

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/var/tmp</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions sh...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Restrict Programs from Dangerous Execution Patterns

    The recommendations in this section are designed to ensure that the system's features to protect against potentially dangerous program execution ar...
    Group
  • Disable storing core dumps

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.core_pattern</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.core_pa...
    Rule Medium Severity

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