OSPP - Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems v4.2.1
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Ensure SELinux State is Enforcing
The SELinux state should be set to <code><xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_selinux_state" use="legacy"></xccdf-1.2:sub><...Rule High 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 -
Base Services
This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 default installation which are not covered in other sec...Group -
Uninstall Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (abrt)
The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (<code>abrt</code>) collects and reports crash data when an application crash is detected. Using a variety of plug...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable KDump Kernel Crash Analyzer (kdump)
The <code>kdump</code> service provides a kernel crash dump analyzer. It uses the <code>kexec</code> system call to boot a secondary kernel ("captu...Rule Medium Severity -
NFS and RPC
The Network File System is a popular distributed filesystem for the Unix environment, and is very widely deployed. This section discusses the circ...Group -
Disable All NFS Services if Possible
If there is not a reason for the system to operate as either an NFS client or an NFS server, follow all instructions in this section to disable sub...Group -
Disable Services Used Only by NFS
If NFS is not needed, disable the NFS client daemons nfslock, rpcgssd, and rpcidmapd. <br><br> All of these daemons run with elevated privileges, a...Group -
Disable rpcbind Service
The rpcbind utility maps RPC services to the ports on which they listen. RPC processes notify rpcbind when they start, registering the ports they a...Rule Low Severity -
SSH Server
The SSH protocol is recommended for remote login and remote file transfer. SSH provides confidentiality and integrity for data exchanged between tw...Group
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