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CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Benchmark for Level 1 - Server

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Verify Permissions on /etc/shells File

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/shells, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/shells
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that /etc/cron.allow exists

    The file /etc/cron.allow should exist and should be used instead of /etc/cron.deny.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Uninstall dnsmasq Package

    dnsmasq is a lightweight tool that provides DNS caching, DNS forwarding and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) services. <br> The <code>dns...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Remove ftp Package

    FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a traditional and widely used standard tool for transferring files between a server and clients over a network, esp...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Uninstall nginx Package

    The nginx package can be removed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum erase nginx
    Rule Unknown Severity

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