CIS Ubuntu 20.04 Level 2 Server Benchmark
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Services
The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Ubuntu 20.04 inst...Group -
Avahi Server
The Avahi daemon implements the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS protocols, which provide service and host discovery on a network. It allows...Group -
Disable Avahi Server if Possible
Because the Avahi daemon service keeps an open network port, it is subject to network attacks. Disabling it can reduce the system's vulnerability t...Group -
Uninstall avahi Server Package
If the system does not need to have an Avahi server which implements the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS protocols, the avahi-autoipd and a...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Avahi Server Software
Theavahi-daemon
service can be disabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl mask --now avahi-daemon.service
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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...Group -
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 -
Verify Group Who Owns cron.d
To properly set the group owner of/etc/cron.d
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.d
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Verify Group Who Owns cron.daily
To properly set the group owner of/etc/cron.daily
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.daily
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Verify Group Who Owns cron.hourly
To properly set the group owner of/etc/cron.hourly
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.hourly
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Verify Group Who Owns cron.monthly
To properly set the group owner of/etc/cron.monthly
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.monthly
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Verify Group Who Owns cron.weekly
To properly set the group owner of/etc/cron.weekly
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.weekly
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Verify Group Who Owns Crontab
To properly set the group owner of/etc/crontab
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/crontab
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Verify Owner on cron.d
To properly set the owner of/etc/cron.d
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/cron.d
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Verify Owner on cron.daily
To properly set the owner of/etc/cron.daily
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/cron.daily
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Verify Owner on cron.hourly
To properly set the owner of/etc/cron.hourly
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/cron.hourly
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Verify Owner on cron.monthly
To properly set the owner of/etc/cron.monthly
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/cron.monthly
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Verify Owner on cron.weekly
To properly set the owner of/etc/cron.weekly
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/cron.weekly
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Verify Owner on crontab
To properly set the owner of/etc/crontab
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/crontab
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Verify Permissions on cron.d
To properly set the permissions of/etc/cron.d
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.d
Rule Medium Severity
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