DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Verify Permissions on Important Files and Directories
Permissions for many files on a system must be set restrictively to ensure sensitive information is properly protected. This section discusses impo...Group -
Verify Permissions on Files within /var/log Directory
The/var/log
directory contains files with logs of error messages in the system and should only be accessed by authorized personnel.Group -
Verify Group Who Owns /var/log Directory
To properly set the group owner of/var/log
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /var/log
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify User Who Owns /var/log Directory
To properly set the owner of/var/log
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /var/log
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions on /var/log Directory
To properly set the permissions of/var/log
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0755 /var/log
Rule Medium Severity -
Restrict Programs from Dangerous Execution Patterns
The recommendations in this section are designed to ensure that the system's features to protect against potentially dangerous program execution ar...Group -
Restrict Access to Kernel Message Buffer
To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.dmesg_restrict</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.dmesg...Rule Low Severity -
Disallow kernel profiling by unprivileged users
To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.perf_event_paranoid</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel....Rule Low Severity -
Enable ExecShield
ExecShield describes kernel features that provide protection against exploitation of memory corruption errors such as buffer overflows. These featu...Group -
Enable Randomized Layout of Virtual Address Space
To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.randomize_va_space</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.r...Rule Medium Severity
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