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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032
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RHEL 8 must allow only the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.
<VulnDiscussion>Without the capability to restrict the roles and individuals that can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 audit tools must have a mode of 0755 or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 audit tools must be owned by root.
<VulnDiscussion>Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 audit tools must be group-owned by root.
<VulnDiscussion>Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000278-GPOS-00108
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit tools.
<VulnDiscussion>Protecting the integrity of the tools used for auditing purposes is a critical step toward ensuring the integrity of audit in...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must allocate audit record storage capacity to store at least one week of audit records, when audit records are not immediately sent to a central audit record storage facility.
<VulnDiscussion>To ensure RHEL 8 systems have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, RHEL 8 needs to be able to allo...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must have the packages required for offloading audit logs installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must have the packages required for encrypting offloaded audit logs installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The RHEL 8 audit records must be off-loaded onto a different system or storage media from the system being audited.
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must take appropriate action when the internal event queue is full.
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must encrypt the transfer of audit records off-loaded onto a different system or media from the system being audited.
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must authenticate the remote logging server for off-loading audit logs.
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must take action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity.
<VulnDiscussion>If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization, they are unable to pla...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must securely 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 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-000095-GPOS-00049
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must disable the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must disable the controller area network (CAN) 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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 8 must disable the stream control transmission protocol (SCTP).
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Low Severity
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