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II - Mission Support Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • RHEL 8 must enable hardening for the Berkeley Packet Filter Just-in-time compiler.

    It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    Group
  • RHEL 8 systems, versions 8.2 and above, must configure SELinux context type to allow the use of a non-default faillock tally directory.

    By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    Group
  • RHEL 8 systems below version 8.2 must configure SELinux context type to allow the use of a non-default faillock tally directory.

    By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • RHEL 8 must not enable IPv4 packet forwarding unless the system is a router.

    Routing protocol daemons are typically used on routers to exchange network topology information with other routers. If this software is used when not required, system network information may be unn...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The RHEL 8 operating system must not have accounts configured with blank or null passwords.

    If an account has an empty password, anyone could log on and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with empty passwords should never be used in operational environments.
    Rule High Severity

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