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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000206

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  • The operating system must reveal error messages only to authorized personnel.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Proper file permissions and ownership ensures that only designated personnel in the organization can access error messages.&l...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The operator must document all file system objects that have non-standard access control list settings.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Access Control Lists allow an object owner to expand permissions on an object to specific users and groups in addition to the...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The operating system must be a supported release.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An operating system release is considered supported if the vendor continues to provide security patches for the product. With...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must implement non-executable program stacks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A common type of exploit is the stack buffer overflow. An application receives, from an attacker, more data than it is prepar...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Modification of memory area can result in executable code vulnerabilities. ASLR can reduce the likelihood of these attacks. A...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • Process core dumps must be disabled unless needed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Process core dump files can be of significant si...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must be configured to store any process core dumps in a specific, centralized directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Specifying a centralized location for core file creation allows for the centralized protection of core files. Process core du...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The centralized process core dump data directory must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Any data the process was handling may be contain...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The centralized process core dump data directory must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Any data the process was handling may be contain...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The centralized process core dump data directory must have mode 0700 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Any data the process was handling may be contain...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • Kernel core dumps must be disabled unless needed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kernel core dumps may contain the full contents of system memory at the time of the crash. Kernel core dumps may consume a co...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The kernel core dump data directory must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kernel core dumps may contain the full contents of system memory at the time of the crash. As the system memory may contain s...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The kernel core dump data directory must be group-owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kernel core dumps may contain the full contents of system memory at the time of the crash. As the system memory may contain s...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The kernel core dump data directory must have mode 0700 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kernel core dumps may contain the full contents of system memory at the time of the crash. As the system memory may contain s...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must require passwords to change the boot device settings. (SPARC)

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Setting the EEPROM password helps prevent attackers who gain physical access to the system console from booting from an exter...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The operating system must implement transaction recovery for transaction-based systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Recovery and reconstitution constitutes executing an operating system contingency plan comprised of activities to restore ess...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • SNMP communities, users, and passphrases must be changed from the default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Whether active or not, default SNMP passwords, users, and passphrases must be changed to maintain security. If the service is...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • A file integrity baseline must be created, maintained, and reviewed at least weekly to determine if unauthorized changes have been made to important system files located in the root file system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A file integrity baseline is a collection of file metadata used to evaluate the integrity of the system. A minimal baseline m...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • Direct logins must not be permitted to shared, default, application, or utility accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Shared accounts (accounts where two or more people log in with the same user identification) do not provide identification an...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must not have any unnecessary accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Accounts providing no operational purpose provide additional opportunities for system compromise. Unnecessary accounts includ...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The operating system must conduct backups of user-level information contained in the operating system per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Operating system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. User-level information is data g...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The operating system must conduct backups of system-level information contained in the information system per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups that are consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Operating system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. System-level information is data...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The operating system must conduct backups of operating system documentation including security-related documentation per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups that is consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Operating system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. System documentation is data gen...
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  • SRG-OS-000181

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  • The operating system must prevent the execution of prohibited mobile code.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within operating systems are based on the potential for the code to cause d...
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  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The operating system must employ PKI solutions at workstations, servers, or mobile computing devices on the network to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of PKI systems to manage digital certificates, the operating system or other system components may be unable ...
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