CIS Ubuntu 22.04 Level 2 Server Benchmark
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Disk Partitioning
To ensure separation and protection of data, there are top-level system directories which should be placed on their own physical partition or logical volume. The installer's default partitioning sc...Group -
Ensure /home Located On Separate Partition
If user home directories will be stored locally, create a separate partition for <code>/home</code> at installation time (or migrate it later using LVM). If <code>/home</code> will be mounted from ...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /tmp Located On Separate Partition
The/tmp
directory is a world-writable directory used for temporary file storage. Ensure it has its own partition or logical volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM.Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /var Located On Separate Partition
The <code>/var</code> directory is used by daemons and other system services to store frequently-changing data. Ensure that <code>/var</code> has its own partition or logical volume at installation...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /var/log Located On Separate Partition
System logs are stored in the/var/log
directory. Ensure that/var/log
has its own partition or logical volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM.Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /var/log/audit Located On Separate Partition
Audit logs are stored in the <code>/var/log/audit</code> directory. Ensure that <code>/var/log/audit</code> has its own partition or logical volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM. M...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /var/tmp Located On Separate Partition
The/var/tmp
directory is a world-writable directory used for temporary file storage. Ensure it has its own partition or logical volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM.Rule Medium Severity -
GNOME Desktop Environment
GNOME is a graphical desktop environment bundled with many Linux distributions that allow users to easily interact with the operating system graphically rather than textually. The GNOME Graphical D...Group -
Remove the GDM Package Group
By removing the <code>gdm3</code> package, the system no longer has GNOME installed installed. If X Windows is not installed then the system cannot boot into graphical user mode. This prevents th...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure GNOME3 DConf User Profile
By default, DConf provides a standard user profile. This profile contains a list of DConf configuration databases. The user profile and database always take the highest priority. As such the DConf ...Rule High Severity
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The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.
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