CIS SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Benchmark for Level 1 - Workstation
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Ensure Unnecessary Services and Ports Are Not Accepted
Services and ports can be accepted or explicitly rejected or dropped by a zone. For every zone, a default behavior can be set that handles incoming...Rule Medium Severity -
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
Thefirewalld
package can be installed with the following command:$ sudo zypper install firewalld
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Verify firewalld Enabled
Thefirewalld
service can be enabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl enable firewalld.service
Rule Medium Severity -
Strengthen the Default Ruleset
The default rules can be strengthened. The system scripts that activate the firewall rules expect them to be defined in configuration files under t...Group -
Ensure firewall rules exist for all open ports
Any ports that have been opened on non-loopback addresses need firewall rules to govern traffic.Rule Medium Severity -
Set Default firewalld Zone for Incoming Packets
To set the default zone to <code>drop</code> for the built-in default zone which processes incoming IPv4 and IPv6 packets, modify the following lin...Rule Medium Severity -
iptables and ip6tables
A host-based firewall called <code>netfilter</code> is included as part of the Linux kernel distributed with the system. It is activated by default...Group -
Install iptables Package
Theiptables
package can be installed with the following command:$ sudo zypper install iptables
Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure iptables are flushed
nftables is a replacement for iptables, ip6tables, ebtables and arptablesRule Medium Severity -
Inspect and Activate Default Rules
View the currently-enforced <code>iptables</code> rules by running the command: <pre>$ sudo iptables -nL --line-numbers</pre> The command is analog...Group -
Verify iptables Enabled
Theiptables
service can be enabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl enable iptables.service
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Set Default ip6tables Policy for Incoming Packets
To set the default policy to DROP (instead of ACCEPT) for the built-in INPUT chain which processes incoming packets, add or correct the following l...Rule Medium Severity -
Set configuration for IPv6 loopback traffic
Configure the loopback interface to accept traffic. Configure all other interfaces to deny traffic to the loopback network.Rule Medium Severity -
Set configuration for loopback traffic
Configure the loopback interface to accept traffic. Configure all other interfaces to deny traffic to the loopback network.Rule Medium Severity -
Strengthen the Default Ruleset
The default rules can be strengthened. The system scripts that activate the firewall rules expect them to be defined in the configuration files <co...Group -
Set Default iptables Policy for Incoming Packets
To set the default policy to DROP (instead of ACCEPT) for the built-in INPUT chain which processes incoming packets, add or correct the following l...Rule Medium Severity -
Set Default iptables Policy for Forwarded Packets
To set the default policy to DROP (instead of ACCEPT) for the built-in FORWARD chain which processes packets that will be forwarded from one interf...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Outbound and Established Connections are Configured
Configure the firewall rules for new outbound and established connections.Rule Medium Severity -
IPv6
The system includes support for Internet Protocol version 6. A major and often-mentioned improvement over IPv4 is its enormous increase in the numb...Group
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