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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000123-GPOS-00064

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  • The SUSE operating system must never automatically remove or disable emergency administrator accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Emergency accounts are privileged accounts that are established in response to crisis situations where the need for rapid acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000118-GPOS-00060

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  • The SUSE operating system must disable account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity after password expiration.

    &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-00226

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  • The SUSE operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • The SUSE operating system must not allow unattended or automatic logon via the graphical user interface.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts SUSE operating system security.&lt;/VulnDiscussio...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The SUSE operating system must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon logon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Providing users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred facilitates user recognition and reporting of unauthoriz...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • There must be no .shosts files on the SUSE 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 auth...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • There must be no shosts.equiv files on the SUSE 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 n...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223

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  • FIPS 140-2 mode must be enabled on the SUSE operating system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The SUSE operating...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • SUSE operating systems with a basic input/output system (BIOS) must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.

    &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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  • SUSE operating systems with Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) implemented must require authentication upon booting into single-user mode and maintenance.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the system allows a user to boot into single-user or maintenance mode without authentication, any user that invokes single...
    Rule Medium Severity

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