I - Mission Critical Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143
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OL 8 must compare internal information system clocks at least every 24 hours with a server synchronized to an authoritative time source, such as the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) time servers, or a time server designated for the appropriate DoD network (NIPRNet/SIPRNet), and/or the Global Positioning System (GPS).
<VulnDiscussion>Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the cor...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must disable the chrony daemon from acting as a server.
<VulnDiscussion>Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the cor...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must disable network management of the chrony daemon.
<VulnDiscussion>Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the cor...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must not have the telnet-server package installed.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must not have any automated bug reporting tools installed.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must not have the sendmail package installed.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must enable mitigations against processor-based vulnerabilities.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must cover or disable the built-in or attached camera when not in use.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must not have the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) kernel module installed if not required for operational support.
<VulnDiscussion>The ATM is a transport layer protocol designed for digital transmission of multiple types of traffic, including telephony (v...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must not have the Controller Area Network (CAN) kernel module installed if not required for operational support.
<VulnDiscussion>The CAN protocol is a robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each oth...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must not have the stream control transmission protocol (SCTP) kernel module installed if not required for operational support.
<VulnDiscussion>The SCTP is a transport layer protocol, designed to support the idea of message-oriented communication, with several streams ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must disable the transparent inter-process communication (TIPC) protocol.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must disable mounting of cramfs.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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OL 8 must disable IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Support.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services as defined in the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) Category Assignments List (CAL) and vulnerability assessments.
<VulnDiscussion>To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embeddi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059
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The OL 8 file system automounter must be disabled unless required.
<VulnDiscussion>Verify the operating system disables the ability to automount devices. Determine if automounter service is active with the...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059
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OL 8 must be configured to disable the ability to use USB mass storage devices.
<VulnDiscussion>USB mass storage permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity.</VulnDiscussion>...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000297-GPOS-00115
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An OL 8 firewall must employ a deny-all, allow-by-exception policy for allowing connections to other systems.
<VulnDiscussion>Failure to restrict network connectivity only to authorized systems permits inbound connections from malicious systems. It al...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000297-GPOS-00115
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
A firewall must be installed on OL 8.
<VulnDiscussion>"Firewalld" provides an easy and effective way to block/limit remote access to the system via ports, services, and protocols....Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000297-GPOS-00115
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A firewall must be active on OL 8.
<VulnDiscussion>"Firewalld" provides an easy and effective way to block/limit remote access to the system via ports, services, and protocols....Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000299-GPOS-00117
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 wireless network adapters must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of communications with wireless peripherals, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unpr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000300-GPOS-00118
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
OL 8 Bluetooth must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of communications with wireless peripherals, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unpr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
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OL 8 must mount "/dev/shm" with the "nodev" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
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OL 8 must mount "/dev/shm" with the "nosuid" option.
<VulnDiscussion>The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...Rule Medium Severity
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