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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must restrict the use of the "su" command.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "su" program allows to run commands with a substitute user and group ID. It is commonly used to run commands as the root ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000370-GPOS-00155

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 fapolicy module must be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000370-GPOS-00155

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 fapolicy module must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must ensure the password complexity module in the system-auth file is configured for three retries or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not allow blank or null passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an account has an empty password, anyone could log in and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must configure the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the pam_faillock.so module is not loaded, the system will not correctly lockout accounts to prevent password guessing atta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must configure the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the /etc/pam.d/password-auth file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the pam_faillock.so module is not loaded, the system will not correctly lockout accounts to prevent password guessing atta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must ensure the password complexity module is enabled in the password-auth file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling PAM password complexity permits enforcement of strong passwords and consequently makes the system less prone to dict...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must ensure the password complexity module is enabled in the system-auth file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling PAM password complexity permits enforcement of strong passwords and consequently makes the system less prone to dict...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 password-auth must be configured to use a sufficient number of hashing rounds.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 system-auth must be configured to use a sufficient number of hashing rounds.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enforce password complexity rules for the root account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 passwords for new users or password changes must have a 24 hours minimum password lifetime restriction in /etc/login.defs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 passwords must have a 24 hours minimum password lifetime restriction in /etc/shadow.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operati...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 passwords must be created with a minimum of 15 characters.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000266-GPOS-00101

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00225

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require the change of at least eight characters when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require the maximum number of repeating characters of the same character class be limited to four when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require the maximum number of repeating characters be limited to three when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require the change of at least four character classes when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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