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NIST 800-53 High-Impact Baseline for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Disable SCTP Support

    The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a transport layer protocol, designed to support the idea of message-oriented communication, with...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable TIPC Support

    The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol is designed to provide communications between nodes in a cluster. To configure the sys...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Wireless Networking

    Wireless networking, such as 802.11 (WiFi) and Bluetooth, can present a security risk to sensitive or classified systems and networks. Wireless net...
    Group
  • Disable Wireless Through Software Configuration

    If it is impossible to remove the wireless hardware from the device in question, disable as much of it as possible through software. The following ...
    Group
  • Disable Bluetooth Service

    The <code>bluetooth</code> service can be disabled with the following manifest: <pre> --- apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: M...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Bluetooth Kernel Module

    The kernel's module loading system can be configured to prevent loading of the Bluetooth module. Add the following to the appropriate <code>/etc/mo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Kernel cfg80211 Module

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>cfg80211</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modpro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Kernel iwlmvm Module

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>iwlmvm</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Kernel iwlwifi Module

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>iwlwifi</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Kernel mac80211 Module

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>mac80211</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modpro...
    Rule Medium Severity

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