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CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Benchmark for Level 2 - Workstation

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Audit Configuration Files Must Be Owned By Group root

    All audit configuration files must be owned by group root.
    chown :root /etc/audit/audit*.{rules,conf} /etc/audit/rules.d/*
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Audit Configuration Files Must Be Owned By Root

    All audit configuration files must be owned by root user. To properly set the owner of <code>/etc/audit/</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chow...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Audit Logs Must Be Owned By Root

    All audit logs must be owned by root user. The path for audit log can be configured via <code>log_file</code> parameter in <pre>/etc/audit/auditd.c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Audit Configuration Files Permissions are 640 or More Restrictive

    All audit configuration files permissions must be 640 or more restrictive.
    chmod 0640 /etc/audit/audit*.{rules,conf} /etc/audit/rules.d/*
    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

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