Standard System Security Profile for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Restrict Partition Mount Options
System partitions can be mounted with certain options that limit what files on those partitions can do. These options are set in the <code>/etc/fst...Group -
Add nodev Option to /dev/shm
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent creation of device files in <code>/dev/shm</code>. Legitimate character and block device...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /dev/shm
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/dev/shm</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions s...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 -
Base Services
This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 default installation which are not covered in other sec...Group -
Disable Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (abrtd)
The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (<code>abrtd</code>) daemon collects and reports crash data when an application crash is detected. Using a variety...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable ntpdate Service (ntpdate)
The <code>ntpdate</code> service sets the local hardware clock by polling NTP servers when the system boots. It synchronizes to the NTP servers lis...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Odd Job Daemon (oddjobd)
The <code>oddjobd</code> service exists to provide an interface and access control mechanism through which specified privileged tasks can run tasks...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Apache Qpid (qpidd)
The <code>qpidd</code> service provides high speed, secure, guaranteed delivery services. It is an implementation of the Advanced Message Queuing ...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Network Router Discovery Daemon (rdisc)
The <code>rdisc</code> service implements the client side of the ICMP Internet Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP), which allows discovery of routers ...Rule Medium Severity -
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 -
Disable At Service (atd)
The <code>at</code> and <code>batch</code> commands can be used to schedule tasks that are meant to be executed only once. This allows delayed exec...Rule Medium Severity
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