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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

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  • The SUSE operating system must disable the file system automounter unless required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Automatically mounting file systems permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity. S...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00122

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  • The SUSE operating system Apparmor tool must be configured to control whitelisted applications and user home directory access control.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using a whitelist provides a configuration management method for allowing the execution of only authorized software. Using on...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must disable the x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A locally logged-on user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must disable the x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence for Graphical User Interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A locally logged-on user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228

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  • The SUSE operating system default permissions must be defined in such a way that all authenticated users can only read and modify their own files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures that when new accounts are created, they do not have unnecessary acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must not have unnecessary accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Accounts providing no operational purpose provide additional opportunities for system compromise. Unnecessary accounts includ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • The SUSE operating system must not have duplicate User IDs (UIDs) for interactive users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure 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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  • The SUSE operating system root account must be the only account having unrestricted access to the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an account other than root also has a User Identifier (UID) of "0", it has root authority, giving that account unrestricte...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000383-GPOS-00166

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  • If Network Security Services (NSS) is being used by the SUSE operating system it must prohibit the use of cached authentications after one day.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.&lt;/...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000383-GPOS-00166

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  • The SUSE operating system must configure the Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) to prohibit the use of cached offline authentications after one day.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.&lt;/...
    Rule Medium Severity

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