CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Benchmark for Level 1 - Server
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Use Only FIPS 140-2 Validated Ciphers
Limit the ciphers to those algorithms which are FIPS-approved. Counter (CTR) mode is also preferred over cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode. The foll...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Authentication Required for Single User Mode
Single user mode is used for recovery when the system detects an issue during boot or by manual selection from the bootloader.Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Firewalld to Restrict Loopback Traffic
Configure <code>firewalld</code> to restrict loopback traffic to the <code>lo</code> interface. The loopback traffic must be trusted by assigning ...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Firewalld to Trust Loopback Traffic
Assign loopback interface to the <code>firewalld</code> <code>trusted</code> zone in order to explicitly allow the loopback traffic in the system. ...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions and Ownership of Old Passwords File
To properly set the owner of <code>/etc/security/opasswd</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chown root /etc/security/opasswd </pre> To properly ...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Group Who Owns /etc/shells File
To properly set the group owner of/etc/shells
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/shells
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Who Owns /etc/shells File
To properly set the owner of/etc/shells
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/shells
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions on /etc/shells File
To properly set the permissions of/etc/shells
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/shells
Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that /etc/cron.allow exists
The file/etc/cron.allow
should exist and should be used instead of/etc/cron.deny
.Rule Medium Severity -
Remove ftp Package
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a traditional and widely used standard tool for transferring files between a server and clients over a network, esp...Rule Low Severity -
Use Only Strong Key Exchange algorithms
Limit the Key Exchange to strong algorithms. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those: <pre>KexAlgorithms ...Rule Medium Severity -
Use Only Strong MACs
Limit the MACs to strong hash algorithms. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those MACs: <pre>MACs <xccdf-...Rule Medium Severity
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