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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 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
  • SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must be configured to disable USB mass storage.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;USB mass storage permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Satisfies: SRG-OS-00...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must have the USBGuard package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The USBguard-daemon is the main component of the USBGuard software framework. It runs as a service in the background and enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must have the USBGuard package enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The USBguard-daemon is the main component of the USBGuard software framework. It runs as a service in the background and enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031

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  • RHEL 9 must enable Linux audit logging for the USBGuard daemon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must block unauthorized peripherals before establishing a connection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The USBguard-daemon is the main component of the USBGuard software framework. It runs as a service in the background and enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 Bluetooth must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This requirement applies to wireless peripheral technologies (e.g., wireless mice, keyboards, displays, etc.) used with RHEL ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000299-GPOS-00117

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 wireless network adapters must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This requirement applies to wireless peripheral technologies (e.g., wireless mice, keyboards, displays, etc.) used with RHEL ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 user account passwords for new users or password changes must have a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction in /etc/login.defs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked; therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 user account passwords must have a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked; therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If RHEL...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • All RHEL 9 local interactive user accounts must be assigned a home directory upon creation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must set the umask value to 077 for all local interactive user accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The umask controls the default access mode assigned to newly created files. A umask of 077 limits new files to mode 600 or le...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 duplicate User IDs (UIDs) must not exist for interactive users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, interactive users must be identified and authenticated to preven...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 system accounts must not have an interactive login shell.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Ensuring shells are not given to system accounts upon login makes it more difficult for attackers to make use of system accou...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000123-GPOS-00064

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must automatically expire temporary accounts within 72 hours.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Temporary accounts are privileged or nonprivileged accounts that are established during pressing circumstances, such as new s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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    Group
  • All RHEL 9 interactive users must have a primary group that exists.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a user is assigned the Group Identifier (GID) of a group that does not exist on the system, and a group with the GID is su...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000118-GPOS-00060

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must disable account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inactive identifiers pose a risk to systems and applications because attackers may exploit an inactive identifier and potenti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Executable search paths within the initialization files of all local interactive RHEL 9 users must only contain paths that resolve to the system default or the users home directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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 RHEL 9 local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the /etc/passwd file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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 RHEL 9 local interactive user home directories defined in the /etc/passwd file must exist.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a local interactive user has a home directory defined that does not exist, the user may be given access to the / directory...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • All RHEL 9 local interactive user home directories must be group-owned by the home directory owner's primary group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the Group Identifier (GID) of a local interactive users home directory is not the same as the primary GID of the user, thi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128

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  • RHEL 9 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-000329-GPOS-00128

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must automatically lock the root account until the root 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, also know...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 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-000329-GPOS-00128

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  • RHEL 9 must maintain an account lock until the locked account is released by an administrator.

    &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

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