CIS SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Benchmark for Level 1 - Workstation
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Set SSH authentication attempt limit
The <code>MaxAuthTries</code> parameter specifies the maximum number of authentication attempts permitted per connection. Once the number of failur...Rule Medium Severity -
Set SSH MaxSessions limit
The <code>MaxSessions</code> parameter specifies the maximum number of open sessions permitted from a given connection. To set MaxSessions edit <co...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure SSH MaxStartups is configured
The MaxStartups parameter specifies the maximum number of concurrent unauthenticated connections to the SSH daemon. Additional connections will be ...Rule Medium Severity -
Use Only FIPS 140-2 Validated Ciphers
Limit the ciphers to those algorithms which are FIPS-approved. Counter (CTR) mode is also preferred over cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode. The foll...Rule Medium Severity -
Use Only FIPS 140-2 Validated MACs
Limit the MACs to those hash algorithms which are FIPS-approved. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of FIPS-a...Rule Medium Severity -
Use Only Strong Ciphers
Limit the ciphers to strong algorithms. Counter (CTR) mode is also preferred over cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode. The following line in <code>/et...Rule Medium Severity -
Use Only Strong Key Exchange algorithms
Limit the Key Exchange to strong algorithms. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those: <pre>KexAlgorithms ...Rule Medium Severity -
Use Only Strong MACs
Limit the MACs to strong hash algorithms. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those MACs: <pre>MACs <xccdf-...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Systemd Timer Execution of AIDE
At a minimum, AIDE should be configured to run a weekly scan. To implement a systemd service and a timer unit to run the service periodically: For ...Rule Medium Severity -
Dectivate 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 -
Uninstall firewalld Package
firewalld (Dynamic Firewall Manager) provides a dynamically managed firewall with support for network/firewall “zones” to assign a level of trust t...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify firewalld service disabled
Firewalld (Dynamic Firewall Manager) provides a dynamically managed firewall with support for network/firewall “zones” to assign a level of trust t...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Systemd Timesyncd Root Distance Servers
<code>systemd-timesyncd</code> server configuration should have RootDistanceMaxSec is listed in accordance with local policy. This setting describe...Rule Medium Severity
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