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I - Mission Critical Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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  • OL 8 must clear SLUB/SLAB objects to prevent use-after-free attacks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in nonexecutable regions of memory or in memory locations t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • OL 8 must not let Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Hardware vulnerabilities allow programs to steal data that is currently processed on the computer. While programs are typical...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00193

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  • OL 8 must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000437-GPOS-00194

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  • YUM must remove all software components after updated versions have been installed on OL 8.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed m...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199

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  • OL 8 must enable the SELinux targeted policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without verification of the security functions, they may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed. Security fun...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • There must be no "shosts.equiv" files on the OL 8 operating system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "shosts.equiv" files are used to configure host-based authentication for the system via SSH. Host-based authentication is...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • There must be no ".shosts" files on the OL 8 operating system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ".shosts" files are used to configure host-based authentication for individual users or the system via SSH. Host-based au...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • OL 8 must enable the hardware random number generator entropy gatherer service.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The most important characteristic of a random number generator is its randomness, namely its ability to deliver random number...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • OL 8 must have the packages required to use the hardware random number generator entropy gatherer service.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The most important characteristic of a random number generator is its randomness, namely its ability to deliver random number...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • The OL 8 SSH public host key files must have mode "0644" or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a public host key file is modified by an unauthorized user, the SSH service may be compromised.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;...
    Rule Medium Severity

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