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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must enforce 24 hours/one day as the minimum password lifetime. Passwords for new users must have a 24 hours/one day minimum password lifetime restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction. Passwords for new users must have a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000118-GPOS-00060

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must disable account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inactive identifiers pose a risk to systems and applications because attackers may exploit an inactive identifier and potenti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000002-GPOS-00002

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must automatically expire temporary accounts within 72 hours.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Temporary accounts are privileged or nonprivileged accounts established during pressing circumstances, such as new software o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts have been made.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain acc...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon logon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the sys...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000027-GPOS-00008

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must limit the number of concurrent sessions to ten for all accounts and/or account types.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Ubuntu 22.04 LTS management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an operating s...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000030-GPOS-00011

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must allow users to directly initiate a session lock for all connection types.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000279-GPOS-00109

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must automatically exit interactive command shell user sessions after 15 minutes of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Terminating an idle interactive command shell user session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for u...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS default filesystem permissions must be defined in such a way that all authenticated users can read and modify only their own files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures newly created accounts do not have unnecessary access.&lt;/VulnDiscu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00124

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must have the "apparmor" package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Control of program execution is a mechanism used to prevent execution of unauthorized programs. Some operating systems may pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must be configured to use AppArmor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Control of program execution is a mechanism used to prevent execution of unauthorized programs. Some operating systems may pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation or when changing roles.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When op...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must ensure only users who need access to security functions are part of sudo group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An isolation boundary provides access control and protects the integrity of the hardware, software, and firmware that perform...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must enforce password complexity by requiring at least one uppercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must enforce password complexity by requiring at least one lowercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000266-GPOS-00101

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00225

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If Ubuntu 22.04 LTS allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, then this increases the chances of passwor...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must require the change of at least eight characters when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the operating system allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chances of...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00225

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must be configured so that when passwords are changed or new passwords are established, pwquality must be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must store only encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must not allow accounts configured with blank or null passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an account has an empty password, anyone could log on and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with ...
    Rule High Severity

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