Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) V1R9
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Enable NX or XD Support in the BIOS
Reboot the system and enter the BIOS or Setup configuration menu. Navigate the BIOS configuration menu and make sure that the option is enabled. Th...Rule Medium Severity -
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 -
APT service configuration
The apt service manage the package management and update of the whole system. Its configuration need to be properly defined to ensure efficient sec...Group -
Disable unauthenticated repositories in APT configuration
Unauthenticated repositories should not be used for updates.Rule Unknown Severity -
Base Services
This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Ubuntu 20.04 default installation which are not covered in other sections. Some of...Group -
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 -
Deprecated services
Some deprecated software services impact the overall system security due to their behavior (leak of confidentiality in network exchange, usage as u...Group -
Uninstall the telnet server
The telnet daemon should be uninstalled.Rule High Severity -
Network Time Protocol
The Network Time Protocol is used to manage the system clock over a network. Computer clocks are not very accurate, so time will drift unpredictabl...Group -
The Chrony package is installed
System time should be synchronized between all systems in an environment. This is typically done by establishing an authoritative time server or se...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Time Service Maxpoll Interval
The <code>maxpoll</code> should be configured to <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_time_service_set_maxpoll" use="legacy...Rule Medium Severity -
Synchronize internal information system clocks
Synchronizing internal information system clocks provides uniformity of time stamps for information systems with multiple system clocks and systems...Rule Medium Severity -
Obsolete Services
This section discusses a number of network-visible services which have historically caused problems for system security, and for which disabling or...Group -
Rlogin, Rsh, and Rexec
The Berkeley r-commands are legacy services which allow cleartext remote access and have an insecure trust model.Group -
Uninstall rsh-server Package
Thersh-serverpackage can be removed with the following command:$ apt-get remove rsh-server
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SSH Server
The SSH protocol is recommended for remote login and remote file transfer. SSH provides confidentiality and integrity for data exchanged between tw...Group -
Install the OpenSSH Server Package
The <code>openssh-server</code> package should be installed. The <code>openssh-server</code> package can be installed with the following command: <...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the OpenSSH Service
The SSH server service, sshd, is commonly needed. The <code>sshd</code> service can be enabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo systemctl e...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary
If the system needs to act as an SSH server, then certain changes should be made to the OpenSSH daemon configuration file <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_confi...Group -
Set SSH Client Alive Count Max
The SSH server sends at most <code>ClientAliveCountMax</code> messages during a SSH session and waits for a response from the SSH client. The optio...Rule Medium Severity
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