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

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Uninstall mcstrans Package

    The <code>mcstransd</code> daemon provides category label information to client processes requesting information. The label translations are define...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Ensure SELinux Not Disabled in /etc/default/grub

    SELinux can be disabled at boot time by an argument in <code>/etc/default/grub</code>. Remove any instances of <code>selinux=0</code> from the kern...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure No Daemons are Unconfined by SELinux

    Daemons for which the SELinux policy does not contain rules will inherit the context of the parent process. Because daemons are launched during sta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure SELinux is Not Disabled

    The SELinux state should be set to <code>enforcing</code> or <code>permissive</code> at system boot time. In the file <code>/etc/selinux/config</co...
    Rule High 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
  • Services

    The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Red Hat Enterpris...
    Group
  • Cron and At Daemons

    The cron and at services are used to allow commands to be executed at a later time. The cron service is required by almost all systems to perform n...
    Group
  • Enable cron Service

    The <code>crond</code> service is used to execute commands at preconfigured times. It is required by almost all systems to perform necessary mainte...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns cron.d

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.d, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.d
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns cron.daily

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.daily, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.daily
    Rule Medium Severity

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