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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

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  • AIX must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs.

    &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-000437-GPOS-00194

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    Group
  • AIX must remove all software components after updated versions have been installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226

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    Group
  • AIX must enforce a delay of at least 4 seconds between login prompts following a failed login attempt.

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

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    Group
  • AIX system must restrict the ability to switch to the root user to members of a defined group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring a supplemental group for users permitted to switch to the root user prevents unauthorized users from accessing th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • All AIX Group Identifiers (GIDs) referenced in the /etc/passwd file must be defined in the /etc/group file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a user is assigned the GID of a group not existing on the system, and a group with that GID is subsequently created, the u...
    Rule Medium Severity

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