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Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Ensure SELinux State is Enforcing

    The SELinux state should be set to <code><xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_selinux_state" use="legacy"></xccdf-1.2:sub><...
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  • Services

    The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Red Hat Enterpris...
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  • Base Services

    This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 default installation which are not covered in other sec...
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  • Uninstall Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (abrt)

    The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (<code>abrt</code>) collects and reports crash data when an application crash is detected. Using a variety of plug...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • 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
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  • Application Whitelisting Daemon

    Fapolicyd (File Access Policy Daemon) implements application whitelisting to decide file access rights. Applications that are known via a reputatio...
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  • Install fapolicyd Package

    The fapolicyd package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo yum install fapolicyd
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Enable the File Access Policy Service

    The File Access Policy service should be enabled. The <code>fapolicyd</code> service can be enabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo system...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Kerberos

    The Kerberos protocol is used for authentication across non-secure network. Authentication can happen between various types of principals -- users,...
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  • Disable Kerberos by removing host keytab

    Kerberos is not an approved key distribution method for Common Criteria. To prevent using Kerberos by system daemons, remove the Kerberos keytab fi...
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