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DRAFT - Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • System Settings

    Contains rules that check correct system settings.
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  • 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...
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  • System and Software Integrity

    System and software integrity can be gained by installing antivirus, increasing system encryption strength with FIPS, verifying installed software,...
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  • Software Integrity Checking

    Both the AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) software and the RPM package management system provide mechanisms for verifying the integr...
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  • Verify Integrity with AIDE

    AIDE conducts integrity checks by comparing information about files with previously-gathered information. Ideally, the AIDE database is created imm...
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  • Install AIDE

    The aide package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum install aide
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  • Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)

    The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) is a computer security standard which is developed by the U.S. Government and industry working g...
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  • Enable Dracut FIPS Module

    To enable FIPS mode, run the following command: <pre>fips-mode-setup --enable</pre> To enable FIPS, the system requires that the <code>fips</code> ...
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  • Enable FIPS Mode

    To enable FIPS mode, run the following command: <pre>fips-mode-setup --enable</pre> <br> The <code>fips-mode-setup</code> command will configure t...
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  • System Cryptographic Policies

    Linux has the capability to centrally configure cryptographic polices. The command <code>update-crypto-policies</code> is used to set the policy ap...
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  • Install crypto-policies package

    The crypto-policies package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum install crypto-policies
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Configure BIND to use System Crypto Policy

    Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. BIND is supported by crypto policy, but the BIND confi...
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  • Configure System Cryptography Policy

    To configure the system cryptography policy to use ciphers only from the <code><xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_system_...
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  • Configure Kerberos to use System Crypto Policy

    Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. Kerberos is supported by crypto policy, but it's confi...
    Rule High Severity
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  • Configure Libreswan to use System Crypto Policy

    Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. Libreswan is supported by system crypto policy, but th...
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  • Configure OpenSSL library to use System Crypto Policy

    Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. OpenSSL is supported by crypto policy, but the OpenSSL...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Configure SSH to use System Crypto Policy

    Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. SSH is supported by crypto policy, but the SSH configu...
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  • OpenSSL uses strong entropy source

    By default, OpenSSL doesn't always use a SP800-90A compliant random number generator. A way to configure OpenSSL to always use a strong source is t...
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  • Disk Partitioning

    To ensure separation and protection of data, there are top-level system directories which should be placed on their own physical partition or logic...
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  • Ensure /home Located On Separate Partition

    If user home directories will be stored locally, create a separate partition for <code>/home</code> at installation time (or migrate it later using...
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  • Ensure /var Located On Separate Partition

    The <code>/var</code> directory is used by daemons and other system services to store frequently-changing data. Ensure that <code>/var</code> has i...
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  • Ensure /var/log Located On Separate Partition

    System logs are stored in the <code>/var/log</code> directory. Ensure that <code>/var/log</code> has its own partition or logical volume at instal...
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  • Ensure /var/log/audit Located On Separate Partition

    Audit logs are stored in the <code>/var/log/audit</code> directory. Ensure that <code>/var/log/audit</code> has its own partition or logical volum...
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  • Ensure /var/tmp Located On Separate Partition

    The <code>/var/tmp</code> directory is a world-writable directory used for temporary file storage. Ensure it has its own partition or logical volum...
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  • Sudo

    <code>Sudo</code>, which stands for "su 'do'", provides the ability to delegate authority to certain users, groups of users, or system administrato...
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  • Install sudo Package

    The sudo package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum install sudo
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • System Tooling / Utilities

    The following checks evaluate the system for recommended base packages -- both for installation and removal.
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  • Ensure gnutls-utils is installed

    The gnutls-utils package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum install gnutls-utils
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Install openscap-scanner Package

    The openscap-scanner package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum install openscap-scanner
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Install scap-security-guide Package

    The scap-security-guide package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum install scap-security-guide
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Uninstall abrt-addon-ccpp Package

    The abrt-addon-ccpp package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase abrt-addon-ccpp
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Uninstall abrt-addon-kerneloops Package

    The abrt-addon-kerneloops package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase abrt-addon-kerneloops
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  • Uninstall abrt-cli Package

    The abrt-cli package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase abrt-cli
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  • Uninstall abrt-plugin-sosreport Package

    The abrt-plugin-sosreport package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase abrt-plugin-sosreport
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Uninstall gssproxy Package

    The gssproxy package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase gssproxy
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Uninstall iprutils Package

    The iprutils package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase iprutils
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Uninstall krb5-workstation Package

    The krb5-workstation package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase krb5-workstation
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Uninstall libreport-plugin-logger Package

    The libreport-plugin-logger package can be removed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum erase libreport-plugin-logger
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Uninstall libreport-plugin-rhtsupport Package

    The <code>libreport-plugin-rhtsupport</code> package can be removed with the following command: <pre> $ sudo yum erase libreport-plugin-rhtsupport<...
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  • Updating Software

    The <code>yum</code> command line tool is used to install and update software packages. The system also provides a graphical software update tool i...
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  • Install dnf-automatic Package

    The dnf-automatic package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum install dnf-automatic
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Configure dnf-automatic to Install Available Updates Automatically

    To ensure that the packages comprising the available updates will be automatically installed by <code>dnf-automatic</code>, set <code>apply_updates...
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  • Configure dnf-automatic to Install Only Security Updates

    To configure <code>dnf-automatic</code> to install only security updates automatically, set <code>upgrade_type</code> to <code>security</code> unde...
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  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled In Main yum Configuration

    The <code>gpgcheck</code> option controls whether RPM packages' signatures are always checked prior to installation. To configure yum to check pack...
    Rule High Severity
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  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Local Packages

    <code>yum</code> should be configured to verify the signature(s) of local packages prior to installation. To configure <code>yum</code> to verify s...
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  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for All yum Package Repositories

    To ensure signature checking is not disabled for any repos, remove any lines from files in <code>/etc/yum.repos.d</code> of the form: <pre>gpgcheck...
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  • Ensure Oracle Linux GPG Key Installed

    To ensure the system can cryptographically verify base software packages come from Oracle (and to connect to the Unbreakable Linux Network to recei...
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  • Enable dnf-automatic Timer

    The dnf-automatic timer can be enabled with the following command: 
    $ sudo systemctl enable dnf-automatic.timer
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Account and Access Control

    In traditional Unix security, if an attacker gains shell access to a certain login account, they can perform any action or access any file to which...
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  • Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM

    PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules, is a system which implements modular authentication for Linux programs. PAM provides a flexible and confi...
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