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DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 8

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Memory Poisoning

    Memory Poisoning consists of writing a special value to uninitialized or freed memory. Poisoning can be used as a mechanism to prevent leak of info...
    Group
  • Enable page allocator poisoning

    To enable poisoning of free pages, add the argument <code>page_poison=1</code> to the default GRUB 2 command line for the Linux operating system. T...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable SLUB/SLAB allocator poisoning

    To enable poisoning of SLUB/SLAB objects, add the argument <code>slub_debug=<xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_slub_debug...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SELinux

    SELinux is a feature of the Linux kernel which can be used to guard against misconfigured or compromised programs. SELinux enforces the idea that p...
    Group
  • Install policycoreutils Package

    The policycoreutils package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum install policycoreutils
    Rule Low Severity
  • Configure SELinux Policy

    The SELinux <code>targeted</code> policy is appropriate for general-purpose desktops and servers, as well as systems in many other roles. To config...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure SELinux State is Enforcing

    The SELinux state should be set to <code><xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_selinux_state" use="legacy"></xccdf-1.2:sub><...
    Rule High Severity
  • Map System Users To The Appropriate SELinux Role

    Configure the operating system to prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Services

    The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Oracle Linux 8 in...
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  • Base Services

    This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Oracle Linux 8 default installation which are not covered in other sections. Some ...
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