II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 file systems must not execute binary files that are imported via Network File System (NFS).
<VulnDiscussion>The "noexec" mount option causes the system not to execute binary files. This option must be used for mounting any file syste...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 file systems must not interpret character or block special devices that are imported via NFS.
<VulnDiscussion>The "nodev" mount option causes the system to not interpret character or block special devices. Executing character or block ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on file systems that are imported via Network File System (NFS).
<VulnDiscussion>The "nosuid" mount option causes the system not to execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option mus...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Local OL 8 initialization files must not execute world-writable programs.
<VulnDiscussion>If user start-up files execute world-writable programs, especially in unprotected directories, they could be maliciously modi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000269-GPOS-00103
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OL 8 must disable kernel dumps unless needed.
<VulnDiscussion>Kernel core dumps may contain the full contents of system memory at the time of the crash. Kernel core dumps may consume a co...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must disable the "kernel.core_pattern".
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must disable acquiring, saving, and processing core dumps.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must disable core dumps for all users.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must disable storing core dumps.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must disable core dump backtraces.
<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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For OL 8 systems using Domain Name Servers (DNS) resolution, at least two name servers must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>To provide availability for name resolution services, multiple redundant name servers are mandated. A failure in name resolut...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Executable search paths within the initialization files of all local interactive OL 8 users must only contain paths that resolve to the system default or the user's home directory.
<VulnDiscussion>The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 world-writable directories must be owned by root, sys, bin, or an application user.
<VulnDiscussion>If a world-writable directory is not owned by root, sys, bin, or an application User Identifier (UID), unauthorized users may...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 world-writable directories must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, or an application group.
<VulnDiscussion>If a world-writable directory is not group-owned by root, sys, bin, or an application Group Identifier (GID), unauthorized us...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the "/etc/passwd" file.
<VulnDiscussion>If local interactive users are not assigned a valid home directory, there is no place for the storage and control of files th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 local interactive user home directories must have mode "0750" or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users.&...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 local interactive user home directory files must have mode "0750" or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users.&...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 local interactive user home directories must be group-owned by the home directory owner's primary group.
<VulnDiscussion>If the Group Identifier (GID) of a local interactive user’s home directory is not the same as the primary GID of the user, th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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OL 8 must be configured so that all files and directories contained in local interactive user home directories are group-owned by a group of which the home directory owner is a member.
<VulnDiscussion>If a local interactive user's files are group-owned by a group of which the user is not a member, unintended users may be abl...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 local interactive user home directories defined in the "/etc/passwd" file must exist.
<VulnDiscussion>If a local interactive user has a home directory defined that does not exist, the user may be given access to the "/" directo...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 local interactive user accounts must be assigned a home directory upon creation.
<VulnDiscussion>If local interactive users are not assigned a valid home directory, there is no place for the storage and control of files th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 local initialization files must have mode "0740" or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these fil...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 files and directories must have a valid owner.
<VulnDiscussion>Unowned files and directories may be unintentionally inherited if a user is assigned the same User Identifier "UID" as the UI...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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All OL 8 files and directories must have a valid group owner.
<VulnDiscussion>Files without a valid group owner may be unintentionally inherited if a group is assigned the same Group Identifier (GID) as ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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A separate OL 8 filesystem must be used for user home directories (such as "/home" or an equivalent).
<VulnDiscussion>The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becomi...Rule Medium Severity
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