Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Set the UEFI Boot Loader Password
The grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password protection enabled to protect boot-time settings. <br><br> Since plaintext passw...Rule High Severity -
zIPL bootloader configuration
During the boot process, the bootloader is responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing options to it. The default Red Hat Ente...Group -
Enable Auditing to Start Prior to the Audit Daemon in zIPL
To ensure all processes can be audited, even those which start prior to the audit daemon, check that all boot entries in <code>/boot/loader/entries...Rule Medium Severity -
Extend Audit Backlog Limit for the Audit Daemon in zIPL
To improve the kernel capacity to queue all log events, even those which start prior to the audit daemon, check that all boot entries in <code>/boo...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure all zIPL boot entries are BLS compliant
Ensure that zIPL boot entries fully adheres to Boot Loader Specification (BLS) by checking that <code>/etc/zipl.conf</code> doesn't contain <code>i...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure zIPL bootmap is up to date
Make sure that <code>/boot/bootmap</code> is up to date.<br> Every time a boot entry or zIPL configuration is changed <code>/boot/bootmap</code> ne...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure kernel to zero out memory before allocation in zIPL
To ensure that the kernel is configured to zero out memory before allocation, check that all boot entries in <code>/boot/loader/entries/*.conf</cod...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable randomization of the page allocator in zIPL
To enable the randomization of the page allocator in the kernel, check that all boot entries in <code>/boot/loader/entries/*.conf</code> have <code...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure debug-shell service is not enabled in zIPL
systemd's <code>debug-shell</code> service is intended to diagnose systemd related boot issues with various <code>systemctl</code> commands. Once e...Rule Medium Severity -
Network Configuration and Firewalls
Most systems must be connected to a network of some sort, and this brings with it the substantial risk of network attack. This section discusses th...Group -
firewalld
The dynamic firewall daemon <code>firewalld</code> provides a dynamically managed firewall with support for network “zones” to assign a level of tr...Group -
Inspect and Activate Default firewalld Rules
Firewalls can be used to separate networks into different zones based on the level of trust the user has decided to place on the devices and traffi...Group -
Install firewalld Package
Thefirewalldpackage can be installed with the following command:$ sudo dnf install firewalld
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Verify firewalld Enabled
Thefirewalldservice can be enabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl enable firewalld.service
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Uncommon Network Protocols
The system includes support for several network protocols which are not commonly used. Although security vulnerabilities in kernel networking code ...Group -
Disable CAN Support
The Controller Area Network (CAN) is a serial communications protocol which was initially developed for automotive and is now also used in marine, ...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable SCTP Support
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a transport layer protocol, designed to support the idea of message-oriented communication, with...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable TIPC Support
The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol is designed to provide communications between nodes in a cluster. To configure the sys...Rule Low Severity -
Wireless Networking
Wireless networking, such as 802.11 (WiFi) and Bluetooth, can present a security risk to sensitive or classified systems and networks. Wireless net...Group -
Disable Wireless Through Software Configuration
If it is impossible to remove the wireless hardware from the device in question, disable as much of it as possible through software. The following ...Group
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