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

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Ensure Authentication Required for Single User Mode

    Single user mode is used for recovery when the system detects an issue during boot or by manual selection from the bootloader.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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
  • Disable systemd-journal-remote Socket

    Journald supports the ability to receive messages from remote hosts, thus acting as a log server. Clients should not receive data from other hosts. NOTE: The same package, systemd-journal-remot...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Permissions and Ownership of Old Passwords File

    To properly set the owner of <code>/etc/security/opasswd</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chown root /etc/security/opasswd </pre> To properly set the group owner of <code>/etc/security/opasswd...
    Rule Medium Severity

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