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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • 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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &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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  • RHEL 9 must automatically lock command line 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-000324-GPOS-00125

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  • RHEL 9 must prevent users from disabling session control mechanisms.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing of these events, it may be harder or impossible to identify what an attacker did after an attack.&lt;/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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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