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RHV hardening based on STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Disable the xguest_exec_content SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_exec_content</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guest users should not be able to r...
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  • Disable the xguest_mount_media SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_mount_media</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guest users should not be able to mo...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable the xguest_use_bluetooth SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xguest_use_bluetooth</code> is enabled. This setting should be disabled as guests users should not be able to...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable the xserver_clients_write_xshm SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xserver_clients_write_xshm</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable the xserver_execmem SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xserver_execmem</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the <code>...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable the xserver_object_manager SELinux Boolean

    By default, the SELinux boolean <code>xserver_object_manager</code> is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Services

    The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Red Hat Enterpris...
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  • Base Services

    This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 default installation which are not covered in other sec...
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  • Disable KDump Kernel Crash Analyzer (kdump)

    The <code>kdump</code> service provides a kernel crash dump analyzer. It uses the <code>kexec</code> system call to boot a secondary kernel ("captu...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • 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...
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  • Enable cron Service

    The <code>crond</code> service is used to execute commands at preconfigured times. It is required by almost all systems to perform necessary mainte...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Restrict at and cron to Authorized Users if Necessary

    The <code>/etc/cron.allow</code> and <code>/etc/at.allow</code> files contain lists of users who are allowed to use <code>cron</code> and at to del...
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  • Verify Group Who Owns /etc/cron.allow file

    If <code>/etc/cron.allow</code> exists, it must be group-owned by <code>root</code>. To properly set the group owner of <code>/etc/cron.allow</cod...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify User Who Owns /etc/cron.allow file

    If <code>/etc/cron.allow</code> exists, it must be owned by <code>root</code>. To properly set the owner of <code>/etc/cron.allow</code>, run the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • FTP Server

    FTP is a common method for allowing remote access to files. Like telnet, the FTP protocol is unencrypted, which means that passwords and other data...
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  • Disable vsftpd if Possible

    To minimize attack surface, disable vsftpd if at all possible.
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  • Uninstall vsftpd Package

    The vsftpd package can be removed with the following command: 
     $ sudo yum erase vsftpd
    Rule High Severity
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  • LDAP

    LDAP is a popular directory service, that is, a standardized way of looking up information from a central database. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 incl...
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  • Configure OpenLDAP Clients

    This section provides information on which security settings are important to configure in OpenLDAP clients by manually editing the appropriate con...
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  • Configure LDAP Client to Use TLS For All Transactions

    This check verifies cryptography has been implemented to protect the integrity of remote LDAP authentication sessions. <br><br> To determine if LDA...
    Rule Medium Severity
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