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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • There must be no shosts.equiv files on the RHEL 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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    Group
  • There must be no .shosts files on the RHEL 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
  • RHEL 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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    Group
  • The RHEL 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
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • The RHEL 8 SSH private host key files must have mode 0640 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an unauthorized user obtains the private SSH host key file, the host could be impersonated.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The RHEL 8 SSH daemon must perform strict mode checking of home directory configuration files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If other users have access to modify user-specific SSH configuration files, they may be able to log on to the system as anoth...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The RHEL 8 SSH daemon must not allow authentication using known host’s authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring this setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote logon via SSH will require a password, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The RHEL 8 SSH daemon must not allow Kerberos authentication, except to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring these settings for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote logon via SSH will not use unused met...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 8 must use a separate file system for /var.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becomi...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 8 must use a separate file system for /var/log.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becomi...
    Rule Low Severity

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