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ANSSI-BP-028 (minimal)

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • System Settings

    Contains rules that check correct system settings.
    Group
  • Installing and Maintaining Software

    The following sections contain information on security-relevant choices during the initial operating system installation process and the setup of s...
    Group
  • Sudo

    <code>Sudo</code>, which stands for "su 'do'", provides the ability to delegate authority to certain users, groups of users, or system administrato...
    Group
  • Ensure Users Re-Authenticate for Privilege Escalation - sudo !authenticate

    The sudo <code>!authenticate</code> option, when specified, allows a user to execute commands using sudo without having to authenticate. This shoul...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure Users Re-Authenticate for Privilege Escalation - sudo NOPASSWD

    The sudo <code>NOPASSWD</code> tag, when specified, allows a user to execute commands using sudo without having to authenticate. This should be dis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Updating Software

    The <code>zypper</code> command line tool is used to install and update software packages. The system also provides a graphical software update too...
    Group
  • Install dnf-automatic Package

    The dnf-automatic package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo zypper install dnf-automatic
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure dnf-automatic to Install Available Updates Automatically

    To ensure that the packages comprising the available updates will be automatically installed by <code>dnf-automatic</code>, set <code>apply_updates...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure dnf-automatic to Install Only Security Updates

    To configure <code>dnf-automatic</code> to install only security updates automatically, set <code>upgrade_type</code> to <code>security</code> unde...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled In Main zypper Configuration

    The <code>gpgcheck</code> option controls whether RPM packages' signatures are always checked prior to installation. To configure zypper to check p...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Local Packages

    <code>zypper</code> should be configured to verify the signature(s) of local packages prior to installation. To configure <code>zypper</code> to ve...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for All zypper Package Repositories

    To ensure signature checking is not disabled for any repos, remove any lines from files in <code>/etc/yum.repos.d</code> of the form: <pre>gpgcheck...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure Software Patches Installed

    If the system is configured for online updates, invoking the following command will list available security updates: <pre>$ sudo zypper refresh &a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable dnf-automatic Timer

    The dnf-automatic timer can be enabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl enable dnf-automatic.timer
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Account and Access Control

    In traditional Unix security, if an attacker gains shell access to a certain login account, they can perform any action or access any file to which...
    Group
  • Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM

    PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules, is a system which implements modular authentication for Linux programs. PAM provides a flexible and confi...
    Group
  • Set Lockouts for Failed Password Attempts

    The <code>pam_faillock</code> PAM module provides the capability to lock out user accounts after a number of failed login attempts. Its documentati...
    Group
  • Limit Password Reuse

    Do not allow users to reuse recent passwords. This can be accomplished by using the <code>remember</code> option for the <code>pam_unix</code> or <...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Set Deny For Failed Password Attempts

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 operating system must lock an account after - at most - <xccdf-1.2:sub xmlns:xccdf-1.2="http://checklists.nist.gov/xcc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure the root Account lock for Failed Password Attempts via pam_tally2

    This rule configures the system to lock out the root account after a number of incorrect login attempts using pam_tally2.so.
    Rule Medium Severity

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