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II - Mission Support Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000206

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    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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

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    Group
  • 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...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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

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    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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

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

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

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

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    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity

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