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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must not have network interfaces in promiscuous mode unless approved and documented.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Network interfaces in promiscuous mode allow for the capture of all network traffic visible to the system. If unauthorized in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000299-GPOS-00117

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  • The SUSE operating system wireless network adapters must be disabled unless approved and documented.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without protection of communications with wireless peripherals, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unpr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

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  • The SUSE operating system must have the packages required for multifactor authentication to be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using an authentication device, such as a CAC or token that is separate from the information system, ensures that even if the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

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  • The SUSE operating system must implement certificate status checking for multifactor authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using an authentication device, such as a Common Access Card (CAC) or token separate from the information system, ensures cre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000068-GPOS-00036

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  • The SUSE operating system must implement multifactor authentication for access to privileged accounts via pluggable authentication modules (PAM).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using an authentication device, such as a CAC or token that is separate from the information system, ensures that even if the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000066-GPOS-00034

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  • The SUSE operating system, for PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by constructing a certification path (which includes status information) to an accepted trust anchor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without path validation, an informed trust decision by the relying party cannot be made when presented with any certificate n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000191-GPOS-00080

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  • The SUSE operating system must implement the Endpoint Security for Linux Threat Prevention tool.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Adding endpoint security tools can provide the capability to automatically take actions in response to malicious behavior, wh...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must use a virus scan program.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Virus scanning software can be used to protect a system from penetration from computer viruses and to limit their spread thro...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system 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-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The sudo command allows a user to execute programs with elevated (administrator) privileges. It prompts the user for their pa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation when using "sudo".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The sudoers security policy requires that users authenticate themselves before they can use sudo. When sudoers requires authe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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  • The SUSE operating system must require re-authentication when using the "sudo" command.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without re-authentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When opera...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must not have unnecessary account capabilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Accounts providing no operational purpose provide additional opportunities for system compromise. Therefore all necessary non...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system library files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system library directories must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system library files must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system library directories must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system library files must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system library directories must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system must have system commands set to a mode of 755 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system must have directories that contain system commands set to a mode of 0755 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system must have system commands owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system must have directories that contain system commands owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system must have system commands group-owned by root or a system account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • The SUSE operating system must have directories that contain system commands group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the SUSE operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implem...
    Rule Medium Severity

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