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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must not allow compression or must only allow compression after successful authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If compression is allowed in an SSH connection prior to authentication, vulnerabilities in the compression software could res...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000364-GPOS-00151

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  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must not allow GSSAPI authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI) authentication is used to provide additional authentication m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000364-GPOS-00151

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must not allow Kerberos authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kerberos authentication for SSH is often implemented using Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI). I...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must not allow rhosts authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts.&lt;/VulnDiscuss...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must not allow known hosts authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the IgnoreUserKnownHosts setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote login via SSH will ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must disable remote X connections for interactive users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When X11 forwarding is enabled, there may be additional exposure to the server and client displays if the sshd proxy display ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must perform strict mode checking of home directory configuration files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If other users have access to modify user-specific SSH configuration files, they may be able to log into the system as anothe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon an SSH logon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Providing users feedback on when account accesses last occurred facilitates user recognition and reporting of unauthorized ac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must be configured to use privilege separation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSH daemon privilege separation causes the SSH process to drop root privileges when not needed, which would decrease the impa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 SSH daemon must prevent remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When X11 forwarding is enabled, there may be additional exposure to the server and client displays if the sshd proxy display ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000023-GPOS-00006

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  • RHEL 9 must display the Standard Mandatory DOD Notice and Consent Banner before granting local or remote access to the system via a graphical user logon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the operating system ensures privacy and se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000023-GPOS-00006

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  • RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the banner-message-enable setting for the graphical user interface.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the operating system ensures privacy and se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

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  • RHEL 9 must disable the graphical user interface automount function unless required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Automatically mounting file systems permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity. S...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

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  • RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user interface automount function.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A nonprivileged account is any operating system account with authorizations of a nonprivileged user. Satisfies: SRG-OS-00011...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

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  • RHEL 9 must disable the graphical user interface autorun function unless required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing autorun commands to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. Configuring this setting prevents autorun comm...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

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  • RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user interface autorun function.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Techniques used to address this include protocols using nonces (e.g., numbers generated for a specific one-time use) or chall...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not allow unattended or automatic logon via the graphical user interface.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating system security.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009

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  • RHEL 9 must be able to initiate directly a session lock for all connection types using smart card when the smart card is removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user smart card removal action.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009

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  • RHEL 9 must enable a user session lock until that user re-establishes access using established identification and authentication procedures for graphical user sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009

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  • RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the screensaver lock-enabled setting for the graphical user interface.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must automatically lock graphical user sessions after 15 minutes of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the session idle-delay setting for the graphical user interface.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must initiate a session lock for graphical user interfaces when the screensaver is activated.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the session lock-delay setting for the graphical user interface.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinit...
    Rule Medium Severity

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