PCI-DSS v3.2.1 Control Baseline Draft for Oracle Linux 8
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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IPSec Support
Support for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is provided with Libreswan.Group -
Install libreswan Package
The libreswan package provides an implementation of IPsec and IKE, which permits the creation of secure tunnels over untrusted networks. The <code>...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 Group Who Owns group File
To properly set the group owner of/etc/group
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/group
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Verify Group Who Owns passwd File
To properly set the group owner of/etc/passwd
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/passwd
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Verify Group Who Owns shadow File
To properly set the group owner of/etc/shadow
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/shadow
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Verify User Who Owns group File
To properly set the owner of/etc/group
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/group
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Verify User Who Owns passwd File
To properly set the owner of/etc/passwd
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/passwd
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Verify User Who Owns shadow File
To properly set the owner of/etc/shadow
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/shadow
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Verify Permissions on group File
To properly set the permissions of/etc/group
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/group
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Verify Permissions on passwd File
To properly set the permissions of/etc/passwd
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/passwd
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Verify Permissions on shadow File
To properly set the permissions of/etc/shadow
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0000 /etc/shadow
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Services
The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Oracle Linux 8 in...Group -
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 -
Enable the NTP Daemon
Run the following command to determine the current status of the <code>chronyd</code> service: <pre>$ sudo systemctl is-active chronyd</pre> If t...Rule Medium Severity -
Specify Additional Remote NTP Servers
Depending on specific functional requirements of a concrete production environment, the Oracle Linux 8 system can be configured to utilize the serv...Rule Medium Severity -
Specify a Remote NTP Server
Depending on specific functional requirements of a concrete production environment, the Oracle Linux 8 system can be configured to utilize the serv...Rule Medium Severity -
SSH Server
The SSH protocol is recommended for remote login and remote file transfer. SSH provides confidentiality and integrity for data exchanged between tw...Group -
Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary
If the system needs to act as an SSH server, then certain changes should be made to the OpenSSH daemon configuration file <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_confi...Group -
Set SSH Client Alive Count Max to zero
The SSH server sends at most <code>ClientAliveCountMax</code> messages during a SSH session and waits for a response from the SSH client. The optio...Rule Medium Severity -
Set SSH Client Alive Interval
SSH allows administrators to set a network responsiveness timeout interval. After this interval has passed, the unresponsive client will be automat...Rule Medium Severity -
System Security Services Daemon
The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is a system daemon that provides access to different identity and authentication providers such as Red H...Group -
Enable Smartcards in SSSD
SSSD should be configured to authenticate access to the system using smart cards. To enable smart cards in SSSD, set <code>pam_cert_auth</code> to ...Rule Medium Severity
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