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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 passwords for new users or password changes must have a 24 hours minimum password lifetime restriction in /etc/login.defs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 passwords must have a 24 hours minimum password lifetime restriction in /etc/shadow.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operati...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 passwords must be created with a minimum of 15 characters.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 passwords for new users must have a minimum of 15 characters.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000266-GPOS-00101

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00225

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require the change of at least eight characters when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require the maximum number of repeating characters of the same character class be limited to four when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require the maximum number of repeating characters be limited to three when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require the change of at least four character classes when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must be configured so that user and group account administration utilities are configured to store only encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must be configured to use the shadow file to store only encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not be configured to bypass password requirements for privilege escalation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operatin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 shadow password suite must be configured to use a sufficient number of hashing rounds.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not have accounts configured with blank or null passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an account has an empty password, anyone could log in and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must use the CAC smart card driver.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Smart card login provides two-factor authentication stronger than that provided by a username and password combination. Smart...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enable certificate based smart card authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must implement certificate status checking for multifactor authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using an authentication device, such as a DOD Common Access Card (CAC) or token that is separate from the information system,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must have the pcsc-lite package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The pcsc-lite package must be installed if it is to be available for multifactor authentication using smart cards.&lt;/VulnDi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The pcscd service on RHEL 9 must be active.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The information system ensures that even if the information system is compromised, that compromise will not affect credential...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must have the opensc package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of PIV credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. The DOD has mandated the...
    Rule Medium Severity

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