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II - Mission Support Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

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  • RHEL 9 must enable certificate based smart card authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

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  • RHEL 9 must implement certificate status checking for multifactor authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using an authentication device, such as a DOD common access card (CAC) or token that is separate from the information system,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

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  • RHEL 9 must have the pcsc-lite package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The pcsc-lite package must be installed if it is to be available for multifactor authentication using smart cards.&lt;/VulnDi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

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  • The pcscd service on RHEL 9 must be active.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The information system ensures that even if the information system is compromised, that compromise will not affect credential...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160

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  • RHEL 9 must have the opensc package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of PIV credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. The DOD has mandated the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000067-GPOS-00035

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  • RHEL 9, for PKI-based authentication, must enforce authorized access to the corresponding private key.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the private key is discovered, an attacker can use the key to authenticate as an authorized user and gain access to the ne...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • RHEL 9 must require authentication to access emergency mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DOD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • RHEL 9 must require authentication to access single-user mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DOD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061

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  • RHEL 9 must prevent system daemons from using Kerberos for authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unapproved mechanisms used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified; therefore, cannot be relied upon ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000066-GPOS-00034

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  • RHEL 9, for PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by constructing a certification path (which includes status information) to an accepted trust anchor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without path validation, an informed trust decision by the relying party cannot be made when presented with any certificate n...
    Rule Medium Severity

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