Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Essential Eight
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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System Settings
Contains rules that check correct system settings.Group -
Installing and Maintaining Software
The following sections contain information on security-relevant choices during the initial operating system installation process and the setup of s...Group -
System and Software Integrity
System and software integrity can be gained by installing antivirus, increasing system encryption strength with FIPS, verifying installed software,...Group -
Software Integrity Checking
Both the AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) software and the RPM package management system provide mechanisms for verifying the integr...Group -
Verify Integrity with RPM
The RPM package management system includes the ability to verify the integrity of installed packages by comparing the installed files with informat...Group -
Verify File Hashes with RPM
Without cryptographic integrity protections, system executables and files can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. The RPM package m...Rule High Severity -
Verify and Correct Ownership with RPM
The RPM package management system can check file ownership permissions of installed software packages, including many that are important to system ...Rule High Severity -
Verify and Correct File Permissions with RPM
The RPM package management system can check file access permissions of installed software packages, including many that are important to system sec...Rule High Severity -
System Cryptographic Policies
Linux has the capability to centrally configure cryptographic polices. The command <code>update-crypto-policies</code> is used to set the policy ap...Group -
Configure System Cryptography Policy
To configure the system cryptography policy to use ciphers only from the <code><xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_system_...Rule High Severity -
Configure SSH to use System Crypto Policy
Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. SSH is supported by crypto policy, but the SSH configu...Rule Medium Severity -
Sudo
<code>Sudo</code>, which stands for "su 'do'", provides the ability to delegate authority to certain users, groups of users, or system administrato...Group -
Ensure Users Re-Authenticate for Privilege Escalation - sudo !authenticate
The sudo <code>!authenticate</code> option, when specified, allows a user to execute commands using sudo without having to authenticate. This shoul...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Users Re-Authenticate for Privilege Escalation - sudo NOPASSWD
The sudo <code>NOPASSWD</code> tag, when specified, allows a user to execute commands using sudo without having to authenticate. This should be dis...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Users Re-Authenticate for Privilege Escalation - sudo
The sudo <code>NOPASSWD</code> and <code>!authenticate</code> option, when specified, allows a user to execute commands using sudo without having t...Rule Medium Severity -
System Tooling / Utilities
The following checks evaluate the system for recommended base packages -- both for installation and removal.Group -
Install rear Package
Therearpackage can be installed with the following command:$ sudo dnf install rear
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Updating Software
The <code>dnf</code> command line tool is used to install and update software packages. The system also provides a graphical software update tool i...Group -
Configure dnf-automatic to Install Only Security Updates
To configure <code>dnf-automatic</code> to install only security updates automatically, set <code>upgrade_type</code> to <code>security</code> unde...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled In Main dnf Configuration
The <code>gpgcheck</code> option controls whether RPM packages' signatures are always checked prior to installation. To configure dnf to check pack...Rule High Severity -
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Local Packages
<code>dnf</code> should be configured to verify the signature(s) of local packages prior to installation. To configure <code>dnf</code> to verify s...Rule High Severity -
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for All dnf Package Repositories
To ensure signature checking is not disabled for any repos, remove any lines from files in <code>/etc/yum.repos.d</code> of the form: <pre>gpgcheck...Rule High Severity -
Ensure Red Hat GPG Key Installed
To ensure the system can cryptographically verify base software packages come from Red Hat (and to connect to the Red Hat Network to receive them),...Rule High Severity -
Ensure Software Patches Installed
NOTE: U.S. Defense systems are required to be patched within 30 days or sooner as local policy dictates.Rule Medium Severity -
Account and Access Control
In traditional Unix security, if an attacker gains shell access to a certain login account, they can perform any action or access any file to which...Group -
Enable authselect
Configure user authentication setup to use the <code>authselect</code> tool. If authselect profile is selected, the rule will enable the <xccdf-1.2...Rule Medium Severity -
Protect Accounts by Restricting Password-Based Login
Conventionally, Unix shell accounts are accessed by providing a username and password to a login program, which tests these values for correctness ...Group -
Verify Proper Storage and Existence of Password Hashes
By default, password hashes for local accounts are stored in the second field (colon-separated) in <code>/etc/shadow</code>. This file should be re...Group -
Prevent Login to Accounts With Empty Password
If an account is configured for password authentication but does not have an assigned password, it may be possible to log into the account without ...Rule High Severity -
Restrict Root Logins
Direct root logins should be allowed only for emergency use. In normal situations, the administrator should access the system via a unique unprivil...Group -
Verify Only Root Has UID 0
If any account other than root has a UID of 0, this misconfiguration should be investigated and the accounts other than root should be removed or h...Rule High Severity -
System Accounting with auditd
The audit service provides substantial capabilities for recording system activities. By default, the service audits about SELinux AVC denials and c...Group -
Enable auditd Service
The <code>auditd</code> service is an essential userspace component of the Linux Auditing System, as it is responsible for writing audit records to...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd Rules for Comprehensive Auditing
The <code>auditd</code> program can perform comprehensive monitoring of system activity. This section describes recommended configuration settings ...Group -
Record Events that Modify the System's Network Environment
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 -
Ensure auditd Collects System Administrator Actions
At a minimum, the audit system should collect administrator actions for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use ...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Events that Modify User/Group Information
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 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 Execution Attempts to Run SELinux Privileged Commands
At a minimum, the audit system should collect the execution of SELinux privileged commands for all users and root.Group -
Record Any Attempts to Run chcon
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>chcon</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run restorecon
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>restorecon</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>aud...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run semanage
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>semanage</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audit...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run setfiles
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>setfiles</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audit...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run setsebool
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>setsebool</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audi...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Any Attempts to Run seunshare
At a minimum, the audit system should collect any execution attempt of the <code>seunshare</code> command for all users and root. If the <code>audi...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Information on Kernel Modules Loading and Unloading
To capture kernel module loading and unloading events, use following lines, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for b...Group -
Ensure auditd Collects Information on Kernel Module Loading and Unloading
To capture kernel module loading and unloading events, use following lines, setting ARCH to either b32 for 32-bit system, or having two lines for b...Rule Medium Severity -
Record Attempts to Alter Logon and Logout Events
The audit system already collects login information for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenr...Group
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