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DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Enable Kernel Page-Table Isolation (KPTI)

    To enable Kernel page-table isolation, add the argument <code>pti=on</code> to the default GRUB 2 command line for the Linux operating system. To ensure that <code>pti=on</code> is added as a kerne...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable vsyscalls

    To disable use of virtual syscalls, add the argument <code>vsyscall=none</code> to the default GRUB 2 command line for the Linux operating system. To ensure that <code>vsyscall=none</code> is added...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Non-UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration

    Non-UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration
    Group
  • Set the Boot Loader Admin Username to a Non-Default Value

    The grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password protection enabled to protect boot-time settings. <br> <br> To maximize the protection, select a password-protecte...
    Rule High Severity
  • Set Boot Loader Password in grub2

    The grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password protection enabled to protect boot-time settings. <br> <br> Since plaintext passwords are a security risk, generat...
    Rule High Severity
  • UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration

    UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration
    Group
  • Set the UEFI Boot Loader Admin Username to a Non-Default Value

    The grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password protection enabled to protect boot-time settings. <br> <br> To maximize the protection, select a password-protecte...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Set the UEFI Boot Loader Password

    The grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password protection enabled to protect boot-time settings. <br> <br> Since plaintext passwords are a security risk, generat...
    Rule High Severity
  • Configure Syslog

    The syslog service has been the default Unix logging mechanism for many years. It has a number of downsides, including inconsistent log format, lack of authentication for received messages, and lac...
    Group
  • Ensure rsyslog-gnutls is installed

    TLS protocol support for rsyslog is installed. The rsyslog-gnutls package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum install rsyslog-gnutls
    Rule Medium Severity

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