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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • Unattended or automatic logon via the OL 8 graphical user interface must not be allowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating system security.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • OL 8 must not allow users to override SSH environment variables.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSH environment options potentially allow users to bypass access restriction in some configurations.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&l...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000002-GPOS-00002

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  • OL 8 temporary user accounts must be provisioned with an expiration time of 72 hours or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If temporary user accounts remain active when no longer needed or for an excessive period, these accounts may be used to gain...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 systems below version 8.2 must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 systems below version 8.2 must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur during a 15-minute time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur during a 15-minute time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • OL 8 systems below version 8.2 must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur during a 15-minute time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur during a 15-minute time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 systems below version 8.2 must ensure account lockouts persist.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must ensure account lockouts persist.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • OL 8 systems below version 8.2 must prevent system messages from being presented when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must prevent system messages from being presented when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 systems below version 8.2 must log user name information when unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must log user name information when unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • OL 8 systems below version 8.2 must include root when automatically locking an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur during a 15-minute time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must include root when automatically locking an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur during a 15-minute time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000027-GPOS-00008

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  • OL 8 must limit the number of concurrent sessions to 10 for all accounts and/or account types.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Operating system management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that use an operating syste...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 must configure the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 must configure the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the /etc/pam.d/password-auth file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must configure SELinux context type to allow the use of a non-default faillock tally directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • OL 8 systems below version 8.2 must configure SELinux context type to allow the use of a non-default faillock tally directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009

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  • OL 8 must enable a user session lock until that user reestablishes access using established identification and authentication procedures for graphical user sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To establish acceptance of the application usage policy, a click-through banner at system logon is required. The system must ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010

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  • OL 8 must initiate a session lock for graphical user interfaces when the screensaver is activated.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • OL 8 must disable the user list at logon for graphical user interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Leaving the user list enabled is a security risk since it allows anyone with physical access to the system to enumerate known...
    Rule Medium Severity

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