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I - Mission Critical Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000126

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    Group
  • The operating system must terminate all sessions and network connections when nonlocal maintenance is completed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are those activities conducted by individuals communicating through a network,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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    Group
  • The operating system must prevent internal users from sending out packets which attempt to manipulate or spoof invalid IP addresses.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Manipulation of IP addresses can allow untrusted systems to appear as trusted hosts, bypassing firewall and other security me...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000481

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    Group
  • Wireless network adapters must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of wireless networking can introduce many different attack vectors into the organization’s network. Common attack vec...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000481

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    Group
  • The operating system must use mechanisms for authentication to a cryptographic module meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for such authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Encryption is only as good as the encryption modules utilized. Unapproved cryptographic module algorithms cannot be verified,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000033

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    Group
  • The operating system must implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access is any access to an organizational information system by a user (or an information system) communicating throug...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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    Group
  • The operating system must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect and restrict access to information on portable digital media.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When data is written to portable digital media, such as thumb drives, floppy diskettes, compact disks, and magnetic tape, etc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000185

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    Group
  • The operating system must protect the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When data is written to digital media, such as hard drives, mobile computers, external/removable hard drives, personal digita...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000216

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    Group
  • The operating system must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit information.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protection of audit records and audit data is of critical importance. Cryptographic mechanisms are the industry established s...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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    Group
  • The sticky bit must be set on all world writable directories.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Files in directories that have had the "sticky bit" enabled can only be deleted by users that have both write permissions for...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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    Group
  • Permissions on user home directories must be 750 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Group-writable or world-writable user home directories may enable malicious users to steal or modify other users' data or to ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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