DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Record Information on the Use of Privileged Commands
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root.Group -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - chage
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - chsh
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - crontab
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - gpasswd
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - kmod
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - mount
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - newgrp
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - pam_timestamp_check
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - passwd
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - postdrop
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - postqueue
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run ssh-agent
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>ssh-agent</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audi...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - ssh-keysign
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - su
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - sudo
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - umount
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - unix_chkpwd
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - unix_update
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - userhelper
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on the Use of Privileged Commands - usermod
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of privileged commands for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is con...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd Data Retention
The audit system writes data to <code>/var/log/audit/audit.log</code>. By default, <code>auditd</code> rotates 5 logs by size (6MB), retaining a ma...Group -
Configure a Sufficiently Large Partition for Audit Logs
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 operating system must allocate audit record storage capacity to store at least one weeks worth of audit records when...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd Disk Error Action on Disk Error
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when there is a disk error. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. ...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd Disk Full Action when Disk Space Is Full
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Ed...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd mail_acct Action on Low Disk Space
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to send email to a designated account in certain situations. Add or correct the following line in...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd space_left Action on Low Disk Space
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space <i>starts</i> to run low. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd space_left on Low Disk Space
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Ed...Rule Medium Severity -
Include Local Events in Audit Logs
To configure Audit daemon to include local events in Audit logs, set <code>local_events</code> to <code>yes</code> in <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf<...Rule Medium Severity -
Resolve information before writing to audit logs
To configure Audit daemon to resolve all uid, gid, syscall, architecture, and socket address information before writing the events to disk, set <co...Rule Low Severity -
Set type of computer node name logging in audit logs
To configure Audit daemon to use a unique identifier as computer node name in the audit events, set <code>name_format</code> to <code><xccdf-1.2:su...Rule Medium Severity -
Appropriate Action Must be Setup When the Internal Audit Event Queue is Full
The audit system should have an action setup in the event the internal event queue becomes full. To setup an overflow action edit <code>/etc/audit/...Rule Medium Severity -
GRUB2 bootloader configuration
During the boot process, the boot loader is responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing options to it. The boot loader allows ...Group -
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 e...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. ...Rule Medium Severity -
Non-UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration
Non-UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configurationGroup -
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 prote...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 passw...Rule High Severity -
UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration
UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configurationGroup -
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 prote...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 passw...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, lac...Group -
Ensure rsyslog-gnutls is installed
TLS protocol support for rsyslog is installed. The <code>rsyslog-gnutls</code> package can be installed with the following command: <pre> $ sudo y...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure rsyslog is Installed
Rsyslog is installed by default. Thersyslogpackage can be installed with the following command:$ sudo yum install rsyslog
Rule Medium Severity -
Enable rsyslog Service
The <code>rsyslog</code> service provides syslog-style logging by default on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. The <code>rsyslog</code> service can be e...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Proper Configuration of Log Files
The file <code>/etc/rsyslog.conf</code> controls where log message are written. These are controlled by lines called <i>rules</i>, which consist of...Group -
Ensure cron Is Logging To Rsyslog
Cron logging must be implemented to spot intrusions or trace cron job status. If <code>cron</code> is not logging to <code>rsyslog</code>, it can b...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Rsyslog Authenticates Off-Loaded Audit Records
Rsyslogd is a system utility providing support for message logging. Support for both internet and UNIX domain sockets enables this utility to suppo...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Rsyslog Encrypts Off-Loaded Audit Records
Rsyslogd is a system utility providing support for message logging. Support for both internet and UNIX domain sockets enables this utility to suppo...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Rsyslog Encrypts Off-Loaded Audit Records
Rsyslogd is a system utility providing support for message logging. Support for both internet and UNIX domain sockets enables this utility to suppo...Rule Medium Severity
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