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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000359-GPOS-00146

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  • The SUSE operating system must be configured to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analys...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192

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  • The SUSE operating system must implement kptr-restrict to prevent the leaking of internal kernel addresses.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in nonexecutable regions of memory or in memory locations t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00193

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  • Address space layout randomization (ASLR) must be implemented by the SUSE operating system to protect memory from unauthorized code execution.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in nonexecutable regions of memory or in memory locations t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

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  • The SUSE operating system must off-load rsyslog messages for networked systems in real time and off-load standalone systems at least weekly.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00071

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  • The SUSE operating system must be configured to use TCP syncookies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Denial of Service (DoS) is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organizat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must not forward Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) source-routed packets.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest that routers forward the packet along a different path than c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must not forward Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) source-routed packets.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest that routers forward the packet along a different path than c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must not forward Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) source-routed packets by default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest that routers forward the packet along a different path than c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must not respond to Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echoes sent to a broadcast address.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Responding to broadcast (ICMP) echoes facilitates network mapping and provides a vector for amplification attacks.&lt;/VulnDi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must prevent Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect messages from being accepted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;ICMP redirect messages are used by routers to inform hosts that a more direct route exists for a particular destination. Thes...
    Rule Medium Severity

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