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CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Benchmark for Level 2 - Server

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Enforce Usage of pam_wheel with Group Parameter for su Authentication

    To ensure that only users who are members of the group set in the <code>group</code> option of <code>pam_wheel.so</code> module can run commands with altered privileges through the <code>su</code> ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure users' .netrc Files are not group or world accessible

    While the system administrator can establish secure permissions for users' .netrc files, the users can easily override these. This rule ensures every .netrc file or directory under the home direct...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events When Executables Are Run As Another User

    Verify the system generates an audit record when actions are run as another user. sudo provides users with temporary elevated privileges to perform operations, either as the superuser or another us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to perform maintenance activities

    The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system must generate audit records for privileged activities, nonlocal maintenance, diagnostic sessions and other system-level access. Verify the operating...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Audit Logs Must Be Group Owned By Root

    All audit logs must be group owned by root user. The path for audit log can be configured via <code>log_file</code> parameter in <pre>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</pre> or, by default, the path for audit...
    Rule Medium Severity

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