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Public Cloud Hardening for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • System Accounting with auditd

    The audit service provides substantial capabilities for recording system activities. By default, the service audits about SELinux AVC denials and c...
    Group
  • Configure auditd Rules for Comprehensive Auditing

    The <code>auditd</code> program can perform comprehensive monitoring of system activity. This section describes recommended configuration settings ...
    Group
  • Remove Default Configuration to Disable Syscall Auditing

    By default, SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 ships an audit rule to disable syscall auditing for performance reasons. To make sure that syscall auditing w...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Make the auditd Configuration Immutable

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Mandatory Access Controls

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects Information on Exporting to Media (successful)

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect media exportation events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to u...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Network Environment

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Process and Session Initiation Information

    The audit system already collects process information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>auge...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Process and Session Initiation Information btmp

    The audit system already collects process information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>auge...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Process and Session Initiation Information utmp

    The audit system already collects process information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>auge...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Attempts to Alter Process and Session Initiation Information wtmp

    The audit system already collects process information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>auge...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events When Privileged Executables Are Run

    Verify the system generates an audit record when privileged functions are executed. If audit is using the "auditctl" tool to load the rules, run t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure auditd Collects System Administrator Actions

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect administrator actions for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/group

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/gshadow

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/security/opasswd

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/passwd

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/shadow

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. Note that the "-F arch=b32" lines should be present e...
    Group
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - chmod

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity

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