II - Mission Support Sensitive
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All RHEL 9 local interactive user home directories defined in the /etc/passwd file must exist.
<VulnDiscussion>If a local interactive user has a home directory defined that does not exist, the user may be given access to the / directory...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All RHEL 9 local interactive user home directories must be group-owned by the home directory owner's primary group.
<VulnDiscussion>If the Group Identifier (GID) of a local interactive users home directory is not the same as the primary GID of the user, thi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128
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RHEL 9 must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128
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RHEL 9 must automatically lock the root account until the root account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur during a 15-minute time period.
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, also know...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128
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RHEL 9 must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur during a 15-minute time period.
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128
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RHEL 9 must maintain an account lock until the locked account is released by an administrator.
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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RHEL 9 must not have unauthorized accounts.
<VulnDiscussion>Accounts providing no operational purpose provide additional opportunities for system compromise. Unnecessary accounts includ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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The root account must be the only account having unrestricted access to RHEL 9 system.
<VulnDiscussion>An account has root authority if it has a user identifier (UID) of "0". Multiple accounts with a UID of "0" afford more oppor...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005
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RHEL 9 must ensure account lockouts persist.
<VulnDiscussion>Having lockouts persist across reboots ensures that account is only unlocked by an administrator. If the lockouts did not per...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051
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RHEL 9 groups must have unique Group ID (GID).
<VulnDiscussion>To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, groups must be identified uniquely to prevent potential misuse a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Local RHEL 9 initialization files must not execute world-writable programs.
<VulnDiscussion>If user start-up files execute world-writable programs, especially in unprotected directories, they could be maliciously modi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000030-GPOS-00011
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RHEL 9 must have the tmux package installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Tmux is a terminal multiplexer that enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single scree...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000031-GPOS-00012
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RHEL 9 must ensure session control is automatically started at shell initialization.
<VulnDiscussion>Tmux is a terminal multiplexer that enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single scree...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 command line sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>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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RHEL 9 must automatically lock command line user sessions after 15 minutes of inactivity.
<VulnDiscussion>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-000324-GPOS-00125
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RHEL 9 must prevent users from disabling session control mechanisms.
<VulnDiscussion>The session lock is implemented at the point where session activity can be determined. Rather than be forced to wait for a pe...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072
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RHEL 9 must automatically exit interactive command shell user sessions after 15 minutes of inactivity.
<VulnDiscussion>Terminating an idle interactive command shell user session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for u...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000027-GPOS-00008
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RHEL 9 must limit the number of concurrent sessions to ten for all accounts and/or account types.
<VulnDiscussion>Operating system management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an operating s...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005
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RHEL 9 must log username information when unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without auditing of these events, it may be harder or impossible to identify what an attacker did after an attack.</VulnDi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226
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RHEL 9 must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.
<VulnDiscussion>Increasing the time between a failed authentication attempt and reprompting to enter credentials helps to slow a single-threa...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228
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RHEL 9 must define default permissions for the bash shell.
<VulnDiscussion>The umask controls the default access mode assigned to newly created files. A umask of 077 limits new files to mode 600 or le...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228
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RHEL 9 must define default permissions for the c shell.
<VulnDiscussion>The umask controls the default access mode assigned to newly created files. A umask of 077 limits new files to mode 600 or le...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228
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RHEL 9 must define default permissions for all authenticated users in such a way that the user can only read and modify their own files.
<VulnDiscussion>Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures that when new accounts are created, they do not have unnecessary acc...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228
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RHEL 9 must define default permissions for the system default profile.
<VulnDiscussion>The umask controls the default access mode assigned to newly created files. A umask of 077 limits new files to mode 600 or le...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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RHEL 9 must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon logon.
<VulnDiscussion>Users need to be aware of activity that occurs regarding their account. Providing users with information regarding the number...Rule Low Severity
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