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NIST 800-53 Moderate-Impact Baseline for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/gshadow

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/security/opasswd

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/passwd

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information - /etc/shadow

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default),...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Access Events to Audit Log Directory

    The audit system should collect access events to read audit log directory. The following audit rule will assure that access to audit log directory ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Audit Logs Must Have Mode 0750 or Less Permissive

    If <code>log_group</code> in <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code> is set to a group other than the <code>root</code> group account, change the mode...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Audit Logs Must Be Owned By Root

    All audit logs must be owned by root user and group. By default, the path for audit log is <pre>/var/log/audit/</pre>. To properly set the owner o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Audit Logs Must Have Mode 0640 or Less Permissive

    Determine where the audit logs are stored with the following command: <pre>$ sudo grep -iw log_file /etc/audit/auditd.conf log_file = /var/log/aud...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. Note that the "-F arch=b32" lines should be present e...
    Group
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - chmod

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - chown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmod

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchmodat

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fchownat

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fremovexattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br><br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - fsetxattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lchown

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lremovexattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. <br><br> If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls - lsetxattr

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to us...
    Rule Medium Severity

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