DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Disable Quagga if Possible
If Quagga was installed and activated, but the system does not need to act as a router, then it should be disabled and removed.Group -
Uninstall quagga Package
Thequaggapackage can be removed with the following command:$ sudo dnf erase quagga
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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 -
Install OpenSSH client software
Theopenssh-clientspackage can be installed with the following command:$ sudo dnf install openssh-clients
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Install the OpenSSH Server Package
The <code>openssh-server</code> package should be installed. The <code>openssh-server</code> package can be installed with the following command: <...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the OpenSSH Service
The SSH server service, sshd, is commonly needed. The <code>sshd</code> service can be enabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo systemctl e...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Group Who Owns SSH Server config file
To properly set the group owner of/etc/ssh/sshd_config, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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Verify Owner on SSH Server config file
To properly set the owner of/etc/ssh/sshd_config, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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Verify Permissions on SSH Server config file
To properly set the permissions of/etc/ssh/sshd_config, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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Verify Permissions on SSH Server Private *_key Key Files
SSH server private keys - files that match the <code>/etc/ssh/*_key</code> glob, have to have restricted permissions. If those files are owned by t...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions on SSH Server Public *.pub Key Files
To properly set the permissions of/etc/ssh/*.pub, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/ssh/*.pub
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Configure OpenSSH Client if Necessary
The following configuration changes apply to the SSH client. They can improve security parameters relwevant to the client user, e.g. increasing ent...Group -
Verify the SSH Private Key Files Have a Passcode
When creating SSH key pairs, always use a passcode. <br> You can create such keys with the following command: <pre>$ sudo ssh-keygen -n [passphrase...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary
If the system needs to act as an SSH server, then certain changes should be made to the OpenSSH daemon configuration file <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_confi...Group -
Set SSH Client Alive Count Max
The SSH server sends at most <code>ClientAliveCountMax</code> messages during a SSH session and waits for a response from the SSH client. The optio...Rule Medium Severity -
Set SSH Client Alive Interval
SSH allows administrators to set a network responsiveness timeout interval. After this interval has passed, the unresponsive client will be automat...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Host-Based Authentication
SSH's cryptographic host-based authentication is more secure than <code>.rhosts</code> authentication. However, it is not recommended that hosts un...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable SSH Server firewalld Firewall Exception
If the SSH server is in use, inbound connections to SSH's port should be allowed to permit remote access through SSH. In more restrictive firewalld...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Compression Or Set Compression to delayed
Compression is useful for slow network connections over long distances but can cause performance issues on local LANs. If use of compression is req...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable SSH Access via Empty Passwords
Disallow SSH login with empty passwords. The default SSH configuration disables logins with empty passwords. The appropriate configuration is used ...Rule High Severity -
Disable GSSAPI Authentication
Unless needed, SSH should not permit extraneous or unnecessary authentication mechanisms like GSSAPI. <br> The default SSH configuration disallows ...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Kerberos Authentication
Unless needed, SSH should not permit extraneous or unnecessary authentication mechanisms like Kerberos. <br> The default SSH configuration disallow...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable SSH Support for .rhosts Files
SSH can emulate the behavior of the obsolete rsh command in allowing users to enable insecure access to their accounts via <code>.rhosts</code> fil...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable SSH Root Login
The root user should never be allowed to login to a system directly over a network. To disable root login via SSH, add or correct the following lin...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable SSH Support for User Known Hosts
SSH can allow system users to connect to systems if a cache of the remote systems public keys is available. This should be disabled. <br><br> To e...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable X11 Forwarding
The X11Forwarding parameter provides the ability to tunnel X11 traffic through the connection to enable remote graphic connections. SSH has the cap...Rule Medium Severity -
Do Not Allow SSH Environment Options
Ensure that users are not able to override environment variables of the SSH daemon. <br> The default SSH configuration disables environment process...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable PAM
UsePAM Enables the Pluggable Authentication Module interface. If set to “yes” this will enable PAM authentication using ChallengeResponseAuthentica...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable Public Key Authentication
Enable SSH login with public keys. <br> The default SSH configuration enables authentication based on public keys. The appropriate configuration is...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable Use of Strict Mode Checking
SSHs <code>StrictModes</code> option checks file and ownership permissions in the user's home directory <code>.ssh</code> folder before accepting l...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable SSH Warning Banner
To enable the warning banner and ensure it is consistent across the system, add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/00-...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable SSH Print Last Log
Ensure that SSH will display the date and time of the last successful account logon. <br> The default SSH configuration enables print of the date a...Rule Medium Severity -
Force frequent session key renegotiation
The <code>RekeyLimit</code> parameter specifies how often the session key of the is renegotiated, both in terms of amount of data that may be trans...Rule Medium Severity -
Set SSH Daemon LogLevel to VERBOSE
The <code>VERBOSE</code> parameter configures the SSH daemon to record login and logout activity. To specify the log level in SSH, add or correct t...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable Use of Privilege Separation
When enabled, SSH will create an unprivileged child process that has the privilege of the authenticated user. To enable privilege separation in SSH...Rule Medium Severity -
Prevent remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display
The SSH daemon should prevent remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display. <br> The default SSH configuration for <code>X11UseLocalhost</code...Rule Medium Severity -
System Security Services Daemon
The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is a system daemon that provides access to different identity and authentication providers such as Red H...Group -
Certificate status checking in SSSD
Multifactor solutions that require devices separate from information systems gaining access include, for example, hardware tokens providing time-ba...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable Certmap in SSSD
SSSD should be configured to verify the certificate of the user or group. To set this up ensure that section like <code>certmap/testing.test/rule_...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable Smartcards in SSSD
SSSD should be configured to authenticate access to the system using smart cards. To enable smart cards in SSSD, set <code>pam_cert_auth</code> to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SSSD Has a Correct Trust Anchor
SSSD must have acceptable trust anchor present.Rule Medium Severity -
Configure SSSD to Expire Offline Credentials
SSSD should be configured to expire offline credentials after 1 day. To configure SSSD to expire offline credentials, set <code>offline_credential...Rule Medium Severity -
USBGuard daemon
The USBGuard daemon enforces the USB device authorization policy for all USB devices.Group -
Install usbguard Package
Theusbguardpackage can be installed with the following command:$ sudo dnf install usbguard
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Enable the USBGuard Service
The USBGuard service should be enabled. The <code>usbguard</code> service can be enabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo systemctl enable ...Rule Medium Severity -
Log USBGuard daemon audit events using Linux Audit
To configure USBGuard daemon to log via Linux Audit (as opposed directly to a file), <code>AuditBackend</code> option in <code>/etc/usbguard/usbgua...Rule Low Severity -
Generate USBGuard Policy
By default USBGuard when enabled prevents access to all USB devices and this lead to inaccessible system if they use USB mouse/keyboard. To prevent...Rule Medium Severity -
X Window System
The X Window System implementation included with the system is called X.org.Group -
Disable X Windows
Unless there is a mission-critical reason for the system to run a graphical user interface, ensure X is not set to start automatically at boot and ...Group -
Disable graphical user interface
By removing the following packages, the system no longer has X Windows installed. <code>xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-server-common xorg-x11-serv...Rule Medium Severity
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