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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured to prevent unrestricted mail relaying.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If unrestricted mail relaying is permitted, unauthorized senders could use this host as a mail relay for the purpose of sendi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not have a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server package installed unless needed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The FTP service provides an unencrypted remote access that does not provide for the confidentiality and integrity of user pas...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not have the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server package installed if not required for operational support.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If TFTP is required for operational support (such as the transmission of router configurations) its use must be documented wi...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that remote X connections are disabled except to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The security risk of using X11 forwarding is that the client's X11 display server may be exposed to attack when the SSH clien...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that if the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server is required, the TFTP daemon is configured to operate in secure mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Restricting TFTP to a specific directory prevents remote users from copying, transferring, or overwriting system files.&lt;/V...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not have a graphical display manager installed unless approved.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet services that are not required for system or application processes must not be active to decrease the attack surface...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not be performing packet forwarding unless the system is a router.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Routing protocol daemons are typically used on routers to exchange network topology information with other routers. If this s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the Network File System (NFS) is configured to use RPCSEC_GSS.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When an NFS server is configured to use RPCSEC_SYS, a selected userid and groupid are used to handle requests from the remote...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • SNMP community strings on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be changed from the default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Whether active or not, default Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) community strings must be changed to maintain securi...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system access control program must be configured to grant or deny system access to specific hosts and services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the systems access control program is not configured with appropriate rules for allowing and denying access to system netw...
    Rule Medium Severity

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