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II - Mission Support Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000132-GPOS-00067

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  • RHEL 9 must restrict access to the kernel message buffer.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing unauthorized information transfers mitigates the risk of information, including encrypted representations of infor...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000132-GPOS-00067

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  • RHEL 9 must prevent kernel profiling by nonprivileged users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing unauthorized information transfers mitigates the risk of information, including encrypted representations of infor...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 must prevent the loading of a new kernel for later execution.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the operating system. This require...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000132-GPOS-00067

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  • RHEL 9 must restrict exposed kernel pointer addresses access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Exposing kernel pointers (through procfs or "seq_printf()") exposes kernel writeable structures, which may contain functions ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00123

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  • RHEL 9 must enable kernel parameters to enforce discretionary access control on hardlinks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By enabling the fs.protected_hardlinks kernel parameter, users can no longer create soft or hard links to files they do not o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00123

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  • RHEL 9 must enable kernel parameters to enforce discretionary access control on symlinks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By enabling the fs.protected_symlinks kernel parameter, symbolic links are permitted to be followed only when outside a stick...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 must disable the kernel.core_pattern.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A core dump includes a memory image taken at the time the operating system terminates an application. The memory image could ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the Asynchronous Transfer Mode kernel module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disabling Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.&lt;/V...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the Controller Area Network kernel module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disabling Controller Area Network (CAN) protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.&lt;/Vuln...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the FireWire kernel module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disabling firewire protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fal...
    Rule Medium Severity

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