DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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 AIDE
AIDE conducts integrity checks by comparing information about files with previously-gathered information. Ideally, the AIDE database is created imm...Group -
Install AIDE
Theaidepackage can be installed with the following command:$ sudo dnf install aide
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Configure AIDE to Verify the Audit Tools
The operating system file integrity tool must be configured to protect the integrity of the audit tools.Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Periodic Execution of AIDE
At a minimum, AIDE should be configured to run a weekly scan. To implement a daily execution of AIDE at 4:05am using cron, add the following line t...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Notification of Post-AIDE Scan Details
AIDE should notify appropriate personnel of the details of a scan after the scan has been run. If AIDE has already been configured for periodic exe...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure AIDE to Use FIPS 140-2 for Validating Hashes
By default, the <code>sha512</code> option is added to the <code>NORMAL</code> ruleset in AIDE. If using a custom ruleset or the <code>sha512</code...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure AIDE to Verify Access Control Lists (ACLs)
By default, the <code>acl</code> option is added to the <code>FIPSR</code> ruleset in AIDE. If using a custom ruleset or the <code>acl</code> optio...Rule Low Severity -
Configure AIDE to Verify Extended Attributes
By default, the <code>xattrs</code> option is added to the <code>FIPSR</code> ruleset in AIDE. If using a custom ruleset or the <code>xattrs</code>...Rule Low Severity -
Audit Tools Must Be Group-owned by Root
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the use...Rule Medium Severity -
Audit Tools Must Be Owned by Root
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the use...Rule Medium Severity -
Audit Tools Must Have a Mode of 0755 or Less Permissive
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the use...Rule Medium Severity -
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) is a computer security standard which is developed by the U.S. Government and industry working g...Group -
Enable Dracut FIPS Module
To enable FIPS mode, run the following command: <pre>fips-mode-setup --enable</pre> To enable FIPS, the system requires that the <code>fips</code> ...Rule High Severity -
Enable FIPS Mode
To enable FIPS mode, run the following command: <pre>fips-mode-setup --enable</pre> <br> The <code>fips-mode-setup</code> command will configure t...Rule High Severity -
Set kernel parameter 'crypto.fips_enabled' to 1
System running in FIPS mode is indicated by kernel parameter <code>'crypto.fips_enabled'</code>. This parameter should be set to <code>1</code> in ...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 -
Install crypto-policies package
Thecrypto-policiespackage can be installed with the following command:$ sudo dnf install crypto-policies
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Configure BIND to use System Crypto Policy
Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. BIND is supported by crypto policy, but the BIND confi...Rule High Severity -
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 Kerberos to use System Crypto Policy
Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. Kerberos is supported by crypto policy, but it's confi...Rule High Severity -
Configure Libreswan to use System Crypto Policy
Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. Libreswan is supported by system crypto policy, but th...Rule High Severity -
Configure OpenSSL library to use System Crypto Policy
Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. OpenSSL is supported by crypto policy, but the OpenSSL...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure OpenSSL library to use TLS Encryption
Crypto Policies are means of enforcing certain cryptographic settings for selected applications including OpenSSL. OpenSSL is by default configured...Rule Medium 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 -
Configure SSH Client to Use FIPS 140-2 Validated Ciphers: openssh.config
Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. OpenSSH is supported by system crypto policy, but the ...Rule High Severity -
Configure SSH Server to Use FIPS 140-2 Validated Ciphers: opensshserver.config
Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. OpenSSH is supported by system crypto policy, but the ...Rule Medium Severity -
Operating System Vendor Support and Certification
The assurance of a vendor to provide operating system support and maintenance for their product is an important criterion to ensure product stabili...Group -
The Installed Operating System Is Vendor Supported
The installed operating system must be maintained by a vendor. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is supported by Red Hat, Inc. As the Red Hat Enterprise Li...Rule High Severity -
Endpoint Protection Software
Endpoint protection security software that is not provided or supported by Red Hat can be installed to provide complementary or duplicative secur...Group -
McAfee Endpoint Security Software
In DoD environments, McAfee Host-based Security System (HBSS) and VirusScan Enterprise for Linux (VSEL) is required to be installed on all systems.Group -
McAfee Endpoint Security for Linux (ENSL)
McAfee Endpoint Security for Linux (ENSL) is a suite of software applications used to monitor, detect, and defend computer networks and systems.Group -
Install McAfee Endpoint Security for Linux (ENSL)
Install McAfee Endpoint Security for Linux antivirus software which is provided for DoD systems and uses signatures to search for the presence of v...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure McAfee Endpoint Security for Linux (ENSL) is running
Install McAfee Endpoint Security for Linux antivirus software which is provided for DoD systems and uses signatures to search for the presence of v...Rule Medium Severity -
Disk Partitioning
To ensure separation and protection of data, there are top-level system directories which should be placed on their own physical partition or logic...Group -
Encrypt Partitions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 natively supports partition encryption through the Linux Unified Key Setup-on-disk-format (LUKS) technology. The easiest...Rule High Severity -
Ensure /home Located On Separate Partition
If user home directories will be stored locally, create a separate partition for <code>/home</code> at installation time (or migrate it later using...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /tmp Located On Separate Partition
The <code>/tmp</code> directory is a world-writable directory used for temporary file storage. Ensure it has its own partition or logical volume at...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /var Located On Separate Partition
The <code>/var</code> directory is used by daemons and other system services to store frequently-changing data. Ensure that <code>/var</code> has i...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /var/log Located On Separate Partition
System logs are stored in the <code>/var/log</code> directory. Ensure that <code>/var/log</code> has its own partition or logical volume at instal...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /var/log/audit Located On Separate Partition
Audit logs are stored in the <code>/var/log/audit</code> directory. Ensure that <code>/var/log/audit</code> has its own partition or logical volum...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure /var/tmp Located On Separate Partition
The <code>/var/tmp</code> directory is a world-writable directory used for temporary file storage. Ensure it has its own partition or logical volum...Rule Medium Severity -
GNOME Desktop Environment
GNOME is a graphical desktop environment bundled with many Linux distributions that allow users to easily interact with the operating system graphi...Group -
Make sure that the dconf databases are up-to-date with regards to respective keyfiles
By default, DConf uses a binary database as a data backend. The system-level database is compiled from keyfiles in the /etc/dconf/db/ directory by ...Rule High Severity -
Configure GNOME Login Screen
In the default GNOME desktop, the login is displayed after system boot and can display user accounts, allow users to reboot the system, and allow u...Group -
Disable the GNOME3 Login Restart and Shutdown Buttons
In the default graphical environment, users logging directly into the system are greeted with a login screen that allows any user, known or unknown...Rule High Severity -
Disable the GNOME3 Login User List
In the default graphical environment, users logging directly into the system are greeted with a login screen that displays all known users. This fu...Rule Medium Severity
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