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DRAFT - DISA STIG for Red Hat Virtualization Host (RHVH)

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Disable Modprobe Loading of USB Storage Driver

    To prevent USB storage devices from being used, configure the kernel module loading system to prevent automatic loading of the USB storage driver. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 nosuid Option to /home

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/home</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions shoul...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add nodev Option to Removable Media Partitions

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option prevents files from being interpreted as character or block devices. Legitimate character and block devices sho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add noexec Option to Removable Media Partitions

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option prevents the direct execution of binaries on the mounted filesystem. Preventing the direct execution of binari...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Add nosuid Option to Removable Media Partitions

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option prevents set-user-identifier (SUID) and set-group-identifier (SGID) permissions from taking effect. These perm...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Restrict Programs from Dangerous Execution Patterns

    The recommendations in this section are designed to ensure that the system's features to protect against potentially dangerous program execution ar...
    Group
  • Restrict Access to Kernel Message Buffer

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.dmesg_restrict</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.dmesg...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable Core Dumps

    A core dump file is the memory image of an executable program when it was terminated by the operating system due to errant behavior. In most cases,...
    Group
  • Disable Core Dumps for SUID programs

    To set the runtime status of the <code>fs.suid_dumpable</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w fs.suid_dumpable=...
    Rule Medium Severity

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