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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000023-GPOS-00006

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    Group
  • TOSS must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner or equivalent US Government Agency Notice and Consent Banner before granting local or remote access to the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the operating system ensures privacy and se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000066-GPOS-00034

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    Group
  • TOSS, for PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by constructing a certification path (which includes status information) to an accepted trust anchor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without path validation, an informed trust decision by the relying party cannot be made when presented with any certificate n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000067-GPOS-00035

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    Group
  • TOSS, for PKI-based authentication, must enforce authorized access to the corresponding private key.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the private key is discovered, an attacker can use the key to authenticate as an authorized user and gain access to the ne...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • TOSS must require authentication upon booting into emergency or rescue modes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000109-GPOS-00056

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    Group
  • TOSS must not permit direct logons to the root account using remote access from outside of the system via SSH.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Even though the communications channel may be encrypted, an additional layer of security is gained by extending the policy of...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

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    Group
  • The TOSS file system automounter must be disabled unless required.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Automatically mounting file systems permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity.&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061

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    Group
  • The TOSS pam_unix.so module must be configured in the password-auth file to use a FIPS 140-2-approved cryptographic hashing algorithm for system authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061

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    Group
  • The TOSS pam_unix.so module must be configured in the system-auth file to use a FIPS 140-2-approved cryptographic hashing algorithm for system authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000125-GPOS-00065

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    Group
  • The TOSS operating system must implement DoD-approved encryption in the OpenSSL package.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. Remote acce...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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    Group
  • TOSS must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An isolation boundary provides access control and protects the integrity of the hardware, software, and firmware that perform...
    Rule Medium Severity

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