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RHV hardening based on STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Verify /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Group Ownership

    The file <code>/boot/grub2/grub.cfg</code> should be group-owned by the <code>root</code> group to prevent destruction or modification of the file....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify /boot/grub2/grub.cfg User Ownership

    The file <code>/boot/grub2/grub.cfg</code> should be owned by the <code>root</code> user to prevent destruction or modification of the file. To pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Permissions

    File permissions for <code>/boot/grub2/grub.cfg</code> should be set to 600. To properly set the permissions of <code>/boot/grub2/grub.cfg</code>,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Boot Loader Is Not Installed On Removeable Media

    The system must not allow removable media to be used as the boot loader. Remove alternate methods of booting the system from removable media. <code...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Set Boot Loader Password in grub2

    The grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password protection enabled to protect boot-time settings. <br><br> Since plaintext passw...
    Rule High Severity

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