I - Mission Critical Sensitive
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All TOSS local interactive user home directories must be group-owned by the home directory owner's primary group.
<VulnDiscussion>If the Group Identifier (GID) of a local interactive user's home directory is not the same as the primary GID of the user, th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All TOSS local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the /etc/passwd file.
<VulnDiscussion>If local interactive users are not assigned a valid home directory, there is no place for the storage and control of files th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence in TOSS must be disabled if a graphical user interface is installed.
<VulnDiscussion>A locally logged-on user, who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS must disable the user list at logon for graphical user interfaces.
<VulnDiscussion>Leaving the user list enabled is a security risk since it allows anyone with physical access to the system to enumerate known...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon an SSH logon.
<VulnDiscussion>Providing users with feedback on when account accesses via SSH last occurred facilitates user recognition and reporting of un...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS must not allow accounts configured with blank or null passwords.
<VulnDiscussion>If an account has an empty password, anyone could log on and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with ...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS must not have unnecessary accounts.
<VulnDiscussion>Accounts providing no operational purpose provide additional opportunities for system compromise. Unnecessary accounts includ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS must define default permissions for all authenticated users in such a way that the user can only read and modify their own files.
<VulnDiscussion>Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures that when new accounts are created, they do not have unnecessary acc...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All TOSS local interactive user home directories must have mode 0770 or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>Users' home directories/folders may contain information of a sensitive nature. Non-privileged users should coordinate any sha...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All TOSS local interactive user home directories must be owned by root.
<VulnDiscussion>Users' home directories/folders may contain information of a sensitive nature. Non-privileged users should coordinate any sha...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All TOSS local interactive user home directories must be owned by the user's primary group.
<VulnDiscussion>Users' home directories/folders may contain information of a sensitive nature. Non-privileged users should coordinate any sha...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/shadow.
<VulnDiscussion>Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS audit records must contain information to establish what type of events occurred, when the events occurred, the source of events, where events occurred, and the outcome of events.
<VulnDiscussion>Without establishing what type of events occurred, when events occurred, the source of events, where events occurred, and the...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS must generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands.
<VulnDiscussion>Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information. At...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS must alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.
<VulnDiscussion>It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000047-GPOS-00023
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS must take appropriate action when an audit processing failure occurs.
<VulnDiscussion>It is critical that when the operating system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it takes action to mit...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS audit logs must have a mode of 0600 or less permissive to prevent unauthorized read access.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS audit log directory must have a mode of 0700 or less permissive to prevent unauthorized read access.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS audit logs must be owned by user root to prevent unauthorized read access.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS audit logs must be owned by group root to prevent unauthorized read access.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS audit log directory must be owned by user root to prevent unauthorized read access.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
TOSS audit log directory must be owned by group root to prevent unauthorized read access.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The TOSS audit system must protect auditing rules from unauthorized change.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The TOSS audit system must protect logon UIDs from unauthorized change.
<VulnDiscussion>Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Successful/unsuccessful uses of the "chage" command in TOSS must generate an audit record.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity
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