Standard System Security Profile for Kylin Server V10
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary
If the system needs to act as an SSH server, then certain changes should be made to the OpenSSH daemon configuration file <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code>. The following recommendations can be app...Group -
Disable Host-Based Authentication
SSH's cryptographic host-based authentication is more secure than <code>.rhosts</code> authentication. However, it is not recommended that hosts unilaterally trust one another, even within an organ...Rule Medium Severity -
Allow Only SSH Protocol 2
Only SSH protocol version 2 connections should be permitted. The default setting in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> is correct, and can be verified by ensuring that the following line appears: <p...Rule High Severity -
Disable SSH Access via Empty Passwords
Disallow SSH login with empty passwords. The default SSH configuration disables logins with empty passwords. The appropriate configuration is used if no value is set for <code>PermitEmptyPasswords<...Rule High Severity -
Disable PubkeyAuthentication Authentication
Unless needed, SSH should not permit extraneous or unnecessary authentication mechanisms. To disable PubkeyAuthentication authentication, add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable SSH Support for .rhosts Files
SSH can emulate the behavior of the obsolete rsh command in allowing users to enable insecure access to their accounts via <code>.rhosts</code> files. <br> The default SSH configuration disables su...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable SSH Root Login
The root user should never be allowed to login to a system directly over a network. To disable root login via SSH, add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code>: <pre>Pe...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable X11 Forwarding
The X11Forwarding parameter provides the ability to tunnel X11 traffic through the connection to enable remote graphic connections. SSH has the capability to encrypt remote X11 connections when SSH...Rule Medium Severity -
Do Not Allow SSH Environment Options
Ensure that users are not able to override environment variables of the SSH daemon. <br> The default SSH configuration disables environment processing. The appropriate configuration is used if no v...Rule Medium Severity -
Limit Users' SSH Access
By default, the SSH configuration allows any user with an account to access the system. There are several options available to limit which users and group can access the system via SSH. It is recom...Rule Unknown Severity -
Enable SSH Print Last Log
Ensure that SSH will display the date and time of the last successful account logon. <br> The default SSH configuration enables print of the date and time of the last login. The appropriate configu...Rule Medium Severity -
Set SSH Daemon LogLevel to VERBOSE
The <code>VERBOSE</code> parameter configures the SSH daemon to record login and logout activity. To specify the log level in SSH, add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config<...Rule Medium Severity -
Set SSH authentication attempt limit
The <code>MaxAuthTries</code> parameter specifies the maximum number of authentication attempts permitted per connection. Once the number of failures reaches half this value, additional failures ar...Rule Medium Severity -
Use Only Strong Ciphers
Limit the ciphers to strong algorithms. Counter (CTR) mode is also preferred over cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those...Rule Medium Severity -
System Accounting with auditd
The audit service provides substantial capabilities for recording system activities. By default, the service audits about SELinux AVC denials and certain types of security-relevant events such as s...Group -
Enable auditd Service
The <code>auditd</code> service is an essential userspace component of the Linux Auditing System, as it is responsible for writing audit records to disk. The <code>auditd</code> service can be ena...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditd Data Retention
The audit system writes data to <code>/var/log/audit/audit.log</code>. By default, <code>auditd</code> rotates 5 logs by size (6MB), retaining a maximum of 30MB of data in total, and refuses to wri...Group -
Configure auditd space_left on Low Disk Space
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Edit the file <code>/etc/audit/auditd.conf</code>. A...Rule Medium Severity
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