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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • System BIOS or system controllers supporting password protection must have administrator accounts/passwords configured, and no others. (Intel)

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A system's BIOS or system controller handles the initial startup of a system and its configuration must be protected from una...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must require authentication before allowing modification of the boot devices or menus. Secure the GRUB Menu (Intel).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The flexibility that GRUB provides creates a security risk if its configuration is modified by an unauthorized user. The fail...
    Rule Low Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity

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