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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000257

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  • The operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to maintain system configurations may result in privilege escalation.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000258

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  • The operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to maintain system configurations may result in privilege escalation.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000278

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  • System packages must be configured with the vendor-provided files, permissions, and ownerships.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to maintain system configurations may result in privilege escalation.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The finger daemon package must not be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Finger is an insecure protocol.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&lt;FalseNegatives&gt;&lt;...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The legacy remote network access utilities daemons must not be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Legacy remote access utilities allow remote control of a system without proper authentication.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The NIS package must not be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;NIS is an insecure protocol.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&lt;FalseNegatives&gt;&lt;/Fa...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The pidgin IM client package must not be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Instant messaging is an insecure protocol.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&lt;FalseNegati...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The FTP daemon must not be installed unless required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;FTP is an insecure protocol.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&lt;FalseNegatives&gt;&lt;/Fa...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The TFTP service daemon must not be installed unless required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;TFTP is an insecure protocol.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&lt;FalseNegatives&gt;&lt;/F...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The telnet service daemon must not be installed unless required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Telnet is an insecure protocol.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&lt;FalseNegatives&gt;&lt;...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The UUCP service daemon must not be installed unless required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;UUCP is an insecure protocol.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&lt;FalseNegatives&gt;&lt;/F...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The rpcbind service must be configured for local only services unless organizationally defined.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The portmap and rpcbind services increase the attack surface of the system and should only be used when needed. The portmap o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The VNC server package must not be installed unless required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The VNC service uses weak authentication capabilities and provides the user complete graphical system access.&lt;/VulnDiscuss...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095

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  • The operating system must be configured to provide essential capabilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Operating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Execution must be disabled based on orga...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • All run control scripts must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the startup files are writable by other users, these users could modify the startup files to insert malicious commands int...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • All run control scripts must have no extended ACLs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the startup files are writable by other users, these users could modify the startup files to insert malicious commands int...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • Run control scripts executable search paths must contain only authorized paths.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • Run control scripts library search paths must contain only authorized paths.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The library search path environment variable(s) contain a list of directories for the dynamic linker to search to find librar...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • Run control scripts lists of preloaded libraries must contain only authorized paths.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • Run control scripts must not execute world writable programs or scripts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;World writable files could be modified accidentally or maliciously to compromise system integrity.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • All system start-up files must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;System start-up files not owned by root could lead to system compromise by allowing malicious users or applications to modify...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • All system start-up files must be group-owned by root, sys, or bin.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If system start-up files do not have a group owner of root or a system group, the files may be modified by malicious users or...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • System start-up files must only execute programs owned by a privileged UID or an application.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;System start-up files executing programs owned by other than root (or another privileged user) or an application indicates th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • Any X Windows host must write .Xauthority files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;.Xauthority files ensure the user is authorized to access the specific X Windows host. If .Xauthority files are not used, it ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • All .Xauthority files must have mode 0600 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;.Xauthority files ensure the user is authorized to access the specific X Windows host. Excessive permissions may permit unaut...
    Rule Medium Severity

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