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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038

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    Group
  • TOSS must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039

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    Group
  • TOSS must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

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    Group
  • TOSS must require the change of at least eight characters when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the operating system allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chances of...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

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    Group
  • TOSS must store only encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042

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    Group
  • TOSS must not have the rsh-server package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043

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    Group
  • TOSS must enforce 24 hours/one day as the minimum password lifetime.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

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    Group
  • TOSS must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

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    Group
  • TOSS must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must cover or disable the built-in or attached camera when not in use.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must disable IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Support.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must disable mounting of cramfs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must disable network management of the chrony daemon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the cor...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must disable the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) protocol.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must disable the controller area network (CAN) protocol.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must disable the stream control transmission (SCTP) protocol.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must disable the transparent inter-process communication (TIPC) protocol.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must not have any automated bug reporting tools installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must not have the sendmail package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • TOSS must not have the telnet-server package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission ob...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050

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    Group
  • TOSS must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

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    Group
  • TOSS must be configured to disable USB mass storage.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;USB mass storage permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Satisfies: SRG-OS-00...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000126-GPOS-00066

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    Group
  • TOSS must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic are terminated at the end of the session or after 10 minutes of inactivity, except to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Terminating an idle SSH session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to ta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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    Group
  • TOSS must have policycoreutils package installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000185-GPOS-00079

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    Group
  • All TOSS local disk partitions must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure or modification of all information that requires at rest protection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;TOSS systems handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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    Group
  • TOSS must limit privileges to change software resident within software libraries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the operating system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented...
    Rule Medium Severity

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