Public Cloud Hardening for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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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 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 -
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 All Users
To disable core dumps for all users, add the following line to <code>/etc/security/limits.conf</code>, or to a file within the <code>/etc/security/...Rule Medium Severity -
Services
The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which SUSE Linux Enterp...Group -
Cron and At Daemons
The cron and at services are used to allow commands to be executed at a later time. The cron service is required by almost all systems to perform n...Group -
Verify Permissions on cron.d
To properly set the permissions of/etc/cron.d
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.d
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Verify Permissions on cron.daily
To properly set the permissions of/etc/cron.daily
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.daily
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Verify Permissions on cron.hourly
To properly set the permissions of/etc/cron.hourly
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.hourly
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Verify Permissions on cron.monthly
To properly set the permissions of/etc/cron.monthly
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.monthly
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