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CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Benchmark for Level 2 - 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 wi...
    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 ev...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events When Executables Are Run As Another User

    Verify the system generates an audit record when actions are run as another user. sudo provides users with temporary elevated privileges to perform...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to perform maintenance activities

    The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system must generate audit records for privileged activities, nonlocal maintenance, diagnostic sessions an...
    Rule Medium Severity

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