contains 69 rules |
System Settings
[ref]groupContains rules that check correct system settings. |
contains 55 rules |
Installing and Maintaining Software
[ref]groupThe following sections contain information on
security-relevant choices during the initial operating system
installation process and the setup of software
updates. |
contains 9 rules |
System and Software Integrity
[ref]groupSystem and software integrity can be gained by installing antivirus, increasing
system encryption strength with FIPS, verifying installed software, enabling SELinux,
installing an Intrusion Prevention System, etc. However, installing or enabling integrity
checking tools cannot prevent intrusions, but they can detect that an intrusion
may have occurred. Requirements for integrity checking may be highly dependent on
the environment in which the system will be used. Snapshot-based approaches such
as AIDE may induce considerable overhead in the presence of frequent software updates. |
contains 1 rule |
Software Integrity Checking
[ref]groupBoth the AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment)
software and the RPM package management system provide
mechanisms for verifying the integrity of installed software.
AIDE uses snapshots of file metadata (such as hashes) and compares these
to current system files in order to detect changes.
The RPM package management system can conduct integrity
checks by comparing information in its metadata database with
files installed on the system. |
contains 1 rule |
Verify Integrity with AIDE
[ref]groupAIDE conducts integrity checks by comparing information about
files with previously-gathered information. Ideally, the AIDE database is
created immediately after initial system configuration, and then again after any
software update. AIDE is highly configurable, with further configuration
information located in /usr/share/doc/aide-VERSION . |
contains 1 rule |
Install AIDE
[ref]ruleThe aide package can be installed with the following command:
$ sudo yum install aide Rationale:The AIDE package must be installed if it is to be available for integrity checking. Identifiers:
CCE-27096-7 References:
BP28(R51), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 5.10.1.3, APO01.06, BAI01.06, BAI02.01, BAI03.05, BAI06.01, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS01.03, DSS03.05, DSS04.07, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, DSS06.06, CCI-002696, CCI-002699, CCI-001744, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, 4.3.4.4.4, SR 3.1, SR 3.3, SR 3.4, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 6.2, SR 7.6, 1034, 1288, 1341, 1417, A.11.2.4, A.12.1.2, A.12.2.1, A.12.4.1, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.14.2.7, A.15.2.1, A.8.2.3, CM-6(a), DE.CM-1, DE.CM-7, PR.DS-1, PR.DS-6, PR.DS-8, PR.IP-1, PR.IP-3, Req-11.5, SRG-OS-000363-GPOS-00150, SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199, RHEL-07-020029, 1.3.1, SV-251705r809229_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | enable |
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- name: Ensure aide is installed
package:
name: aide
state: present
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27096-7
- CJIS-5.10.1.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020029
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-11.5
- enable_strategy
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- package_aide_installed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | enable |
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# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if ! rpm -q --quiet "aide" ; then
yum install -y "aide"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Remediation Anaconda snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | enable |
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package --add=aide
Remediation Puppet snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | enable |
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include install_aide
class install_aide {
package { 'aide':
ensure => 'installed',
}
}
Remediation script: (show)
[[packages]]
name = "aide"
version = "*"
|
Disk Partitioning
[ref]groupTo ensure separation and protection of data, there
are top-level system directories which should be placed on their
own physical partition or logical volume. The installer's default
partitioning scheme creates separate logical volumes for
/ , /boot , and swap .
- If starting with any of the default layouts, check the box to
\"Review and modify partitioning.\" This allows for the easy creation
of additional logical volumes inside the volume group already
created, though it may require making
/ 's logical volume smaller to
create space. In general, using logical volumes is preferable to
using partitions because they can be more easily adjusted
later. - If creating a custom layout, create the partitions mentioned in
the previous paragraph (which the installer will require anyway),
as well as separate ones described in the following sections.
If a system has already been installed, and the default
partitioning
scheme was used, it is possible but nontrivial to
modify it to create separate logical volumes for the directories
listed above. The Logical Volume Manager (LVM) makes this possible.
See the LVM HOWTO at
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
for more detailed information on LVM. |
contains 4 rules |
Ensure /tmp Located On Separate Partition
[ref]ruleThe /tmp directory is a world-writable directory used
for temporary file storage. Ensure it has its own partition or
logical volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM. Rationale:The /tmp partition is used as temporary storage by many programs.
Placing /tmp in its own partition enables the setting of more
restrictive mount options, which can help protect programs which use it. Identifiers:
CCE-82053-0 References:
BP28(R12), 12, 15, 8, APO13.01, DSS05.02, CCI-000366, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, CM-6(a), SC-5(2), PR.PT-4, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, RHEL-07-021340, 1.1.2, SV-204496r603261_rule Remediation Anaconda snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | high |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | enable |
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part /tmp
Remediation script: (show)
[[customizations.filesystem]]
mountpoint = "/tmp"
size = 1073741824
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Ensure /var Located On Separate Partition
[ref]ruleThe /var directory is used by daemons and other system
services to store frequently-changing data. Ensure that /var has its own partition
or logical volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM. Rationale:Ensuring that /var is mounted on its own partition enables the
setting of more restrictive mount options. This helps protect
system services such as daemons or other programs which use it.
It is not uncommon for the /var directory to contain
world-writable directories installed by other software packages. Identifiers:
CCE-82014-2 References:
BP28(R12), 12, 15, 8, APO13.01, DSS05.02, CCI-000366, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, CM-6(a), SC-5(2), PR.PT-4, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000341-VMM-001220, RHEL-07-021320, 1.1.10, SV-204494r603261_rule Remediation Anaconda snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | high |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | enable |
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part /var
Remediation script: (show)
[[customizations.filesystem]]
mountpoint = "/var"
size = 3221225472
|
Ensure /var/log Located On Separate Partition
[ref]ruleSystem logs are stored in the /var/log directory.
Ensure that /var/log has its own partition or logical
volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM. Rationale:Placing /var/log in its own partition
enables better separation between log files
and other files in /var/ . Identifiers:
CCE-82034-0 References:
BP28(R12), BP28(R47), 1, 12, 14, 15, 16, 3, 5, 6, 8, APO11.04, APO13.01, BAI03.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, MEA02.01, CCI-000366, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, CIP-007-3 R6.5, CM-6(a), AU-4, SC-5(2), PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, 1.1.15 Remediation Anaconda snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | high |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | enable |
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part /var/log
Remediation script: (show)
[[customizations.filesystem]]
mountpoint = "/var/log"
size = 5368709120
|
Ensure /var/log/audit Located On Separate Partition
[ref]ruleAudit logs are stored in the /var/log/audit directory.
Ensure that /var/log/audit has its own partition or logical
volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM.
Make absolutely certain that it is large enough to store all
audit logs that will be created by the auditing daemon. Rationale:Placing /var/log/audit in its own partition
enables better separation between audit files
and other files, and helps ensure that
auditing cannot be halted due to the partition running out
of space. Identifiers:
CCE-82035-7 References:
BP28(R43), 1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, APO11.04, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI04.04, DSS05.02, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, MEA02.01, CCI-000366, CCI-001849, 164.312(a)(2)(ii), 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.2, SR 7.6, A.12.1.3, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.17.2.1, CIP-007-3 R6.5, CM-6(a), AU-4, SC-5(2), PR.DS-4, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-4, SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000341-VMM-001220, RHEL-07-021330, 1.1.16, SV-204495r603261_rule Remediation Anaconda snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | high |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | enable |
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part /var/log/audit
Remediation script: (show)
[[customizations.filesystem]]
mountpoint = "/var/log/audit"
size = 10737418240
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Updating Software
[ref]groupThe yum command line tool is used to install and
update software packages. The system also provides a graphical
software update tool in the System menu, in the Administration submenu,
called Software Update.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 systems contain an installed software catalog called
the RPM database, which records metadata of installed packages. Consistently using
yum or the graphical Software Update for all software installation
allows for insight into the current inventory of installed software on the system.
|
contains 4 rules |
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled In Main yum Configuration
[ref]ruleThe gpgcheck option controls whether
RPM packages' signatures are always checked prior to installation.
To configure yum to check package signatures before installing
them, ensure the following line appears in /etc/yum.conf in
the [main] section:
gpgcheck=1 Rationale:Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the
overall security of the operating system. This requirement ensures the
software has not been tampered with and that it has been provided by a
trusted vendor.
Accordingly, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system
components must be signed with a certificate recognized and approved by the
organization.
Verifying the authenticity of the software prior to installation
validates the integrity of the patch or upgrade received from a vendor.
This ensures the software has not been tampered with and that it has been
provided by a trusted vendor. Self-signed certificates are disallowed by
this requirement. Certificates used to verify the software must be from an
approved Certificate Authority (CA). Identifiers:
CCE-26989-4 References:
BP28(R15), 11, 2, 3, 9, 5.10.4.1, APO01.06, BAI03.05, BAI06.01, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS06.02, 3.4.8, CCI-001749, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.312(b), 164.312(c)(1), 164.312(c)(2), 164.312(e)(2)(i), 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, 4.3.4.4.4, SR 3.1, SR 3.3, SR 3.4, SR 3.8, SR 7.6, A.11.2.4, A.12.1.2, A.12.2.1, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, CM-5(3), SI-7, SC-12, SC-12(3), CM-6(a), SA-12, SA-12(10), CM-11(a), CM-11(b), PR.DS-6, PR.DS-8, PR.IP-1, FPT_TUD_EXT.1, FPT_TUD_EXT.2, Req-6.2, SRG-OS-000366-GPOS-00153, SRG-OS-000366-VMM-001430, SRG-OS-000370-VMM-001460, SRG-OS-000404-VMM-001650, RHEL-07-020050, 1.2.3, SV-204447r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | medium |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | configure |
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- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-26989-4
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020050
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(b)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SA-12
- NIST-800-53-SA-12(10)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- configure_strategy
- ensure_gpgcheck_globally_activated
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure GPG check is globally activated
ini_file:
dest: /etc/yum.conf
section: main
option: gpgcheck
value: 1
no_extra_spaces: true
create: false
when: '"yum" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-26989-4
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020050
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(b)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SA-12
- NIST-800-53-SA-12(10)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- configure_strategy
- ensure_gpgcheck_globally_activated
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q yum; then
# Test if the config_file is a symbolic link. If so, use --follow-symlinks with sed.
# Otherwise, regular sed command will do.
sed_command=('sed' '-i')
if test -L "/etc/yum.conf"; then
sed_command+=('--follow-symlinks')
fi
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^gpgcheck")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "1"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^gpgcheck\\>" "/etc/yum.conf"; then
"${sed_command[@]}" "s/^gpgcheck\\>.*/$formatted_output/gi" "/etc/yum.conf"
else
# \n is precaution for case where file ends without trailing newline
cce="CCE-26989-4"
printf '\n# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "$cce" "$formatted_output" "/etc/yum.conf" >> "/etc/yum.conf"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/yum.conf"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for All yum Package Repositories
[ref]ruleTo ensure signature checking is not disabled for
any repos, remove any lines from files in /etc/yum.repos.d of the form:
gpgcheck=0 Rationale:Verifying the authenticity of the software prior to installation validates
the integrity of the patch or upgrade received from a vendor. This ensures
the software has not been tampered with and that it has been provided by a
trusted vendor. Self-signed certificates are disallowed by this
requirement. Certificates used to verify the software must be from an
approved Certificate Authority (CA)." Identifiers:
CCE-26876-3 References:
BP28(R15), 11, 2, 3, 9, 5.10.4.1, APO01.06, BAI03.05, BAI06.01, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS06.02, 3.4.8, CCI-001749, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.312(b), 164.312(c)(1), 164.312(c)(2), 164.312(e)(2)(i), 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, 4.3.4.4.4, SR 3.1, SR 3.3, SR 3.4, SR 3.8, SR 7.6, A.11.2.4, A.12.1.2, A.12.2.1, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, CM-5(3), SI-7, SC-12, SC-12(3), CM-6(a), SA-12, SA-12(10), CM-11(a), CM-11(b), PR.DS-6, PR.DS-8, PR.IP-1, FPT_TUD_EXT.1, FPT_TUD_EXT.2, Req-6.2, SRG-OS-000366-GPOS-00153, SRG-OS-000366-VMM-001430, SRG-OS-000370-VMM-001460, SRG-OS-000404-VMM-001650, 1.2.3 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | medium |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | enable |
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- name: Grep for yum repo section names
shell: |
set -o pipefail
grep -HEr '^\[.+\]' -r /etc/yum.repos.d/
register: repo_grep_results
ignore_errors: true
changed_when: false
tags:
- CCE-26876-3
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(b)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SA-12
- NIST-800-53-SA-12(10)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- enable_strategy
- ensure_gpgcheck_never_disabled
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Set gpgcheck=1 for each yum repo
ini_file:
path: '{{ item[0] }}'
section: '{{ item[1] }}'
option: gpgcheck
value: '1'
no_extra_spaces: true
loop: '{{ repo_grep_results.stdout | regex_findall( ''(.+\.repo):\[(.+)\]\n?'' )
}}'
tags:
- CCE-26876-3
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(b)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SA-12
- NIST-800-53-SA-12(10)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- enable_strategy
- ensure_gpgcheck_never_disabled
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
sed -i 's/gpgcheck\s*=.*/gpgcheck=1/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/*
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Ensure Red Hat GPG Key Installed
[ref]ruleTo ensure the system can cryptographically verify base software packages
come from Red Hat (and to connect to the Red Hat Network to receive them),
the Red Hat GPG key must properly be installed. To install the Red Hat GPG
key, run:
$ sudo subscription-manager register
If the system is not connected to the Internet or an RHN Satellite, then
install the Red Hat GPG key from trusted media such as the Red Hat
installation CD-ROM or DVD. Assuming the disc is mounted in
/media/cdrom , use the following command as the root user to import
it into the keyring:
$ sudo rpm --import /media/cdrom/RPM-GPG-KEY
Alternatively, the key may be pre-loaded during the RHEL installation. In
such cases, the key can be installed by running the following command:
sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release Rationale:Changes to software components can have significant effects on the overall
security of the operating system. This requirement ensures the software has
not been tampered with and that it has been provided by a trusted vendor.
The Red Hat GPG key is necessary to cryptographically verify packages are
from Red Hat. Identifiers:
CCE-26957-1 References:
BP28(R15), 11, 2, 3, 9, 5.10.4.1, APO01.06, BAI03.05, BAI06.01, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS06.02, 3.4.8, CCI-001749, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.312(b), 164.312(c)(1), 164.312(c)(2), 164.312(e)(2)(i), 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, 4.3.4.4.4, SR 3.1, SR 3.3, SR 3.4, SR 3.8, SR 7.6, A.11.2.4, A.12.1.2, A.12.2.1, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, CIP-003-8 R4.2, CIP-003-8 R6, CIP-007-3 R4, CIP-007-3 R4.1, CIP-007-3 R4.2, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CM-5(3), SI-7, SC-12, SC-12(3), CM-6(a), PR.DS-6, PR.DS-8, PR.IP-1, FPT_TUD_EXT.1, FPT_TUD_EXT.2, Req-6.2, SRG-OS-000366-GPOS-00153, SRG-OS-000366-VMM-001430, SRG-OS-000370-VMM-001460, SRG-OS-000404-VMM-001650, 1.2.3 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | medium |
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Disruption: | medium |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | restrict |
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- name: Read permission of GPG key directory
stat:
path: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/
register: gpg_key_directory_permission
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-26957-1
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- ensure_redhat_gpgkey_installed
- high_severity
- medium_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Read signatures in GPG key
command: gpg --with-fingerprint --with-colons "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release"
args:
warn: false
changed_when: false
register: gpg_fingerprints
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-26957-1
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- ensure_redhat_gpgkey_installed
- high_severity
- medium_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set Fact - Installed GPG Fingerprints
set_fact:
gpg_installed_fingerprints: |-
{{ gpg_fingerprints.stdout | regex_findall('^pub.*
(?:^fpr[:]*)([0-9A-Fa-f]*)', '\1') | list }}
tags:
- CCE-26957-1
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- ensure_redhat_gpgkey_installed
- high_severity
- medium_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set Fact - Valid fingerprints
set_fact:
gpg_valid_fingerprints: ("567E347AD0044ADE55BA8A5F199E2F91FD431D51" "43A6E49C4A38F4BE9ABF2A5345689C882FA658E0")
tags:
- CCE-26957-1
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- ensure_redhat_gpgkey_installed
- high_severity
- medium_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Import RedHat GPG key
rpm_key:
state: present
key: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
when:
- gpg_key_directory_permission.stat.mode <= '0755'
- (gpg_installed_fingerprints | difference(gpg_valid_fingerprints)) | length ==
0
- gpg_installed_fingerprints | length > 0
- ansible_distribution == "RedHat"
tags:
- CCE-26957-1
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- ensure_redhat_gpgkey_installed
- high_severity
- medium_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# The two fingerprints below are retrieved from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key
readonly REDHAT_RELEASE_FINGERPRINT="567E347AD0044ADE55BA8A5F199E2F91FD431D51"
readonly REDHAT_AUXILIARY_FINGERPRINT="43A6E49C4A38F4BE9ABF2A5345689C882FA658E0"
# Location of the key we would like to import (once it's integrity verified)
readonly REDHAT_RELEASE_KEY="/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release"
RPM_GPG_DIR_PERMS=$(stat -c %a "$(dirname "$REDHAT_RELEASE_KEY")")
# Verify /etc/pki/rpm-gpg directory permissions are safe
if [ "${RPM_GPG_DIR_PERMS}" -le "755" ]
then
# If they are safe, try to obtain fingerprints from the key file
# (to ensure there won't be e.g. CRC error).
readarray -t GPG_OUT < <(gpg --with-fingerprint --with-colons "$REDHAT_RELEASE_KEY" | grep "^fpr" | cut -d ":" -f 10)
GPG_RESULT=$?
# No CRC error, safe to proceed
if [ "${GPG_RESULT}" -eq "0" ]
then
echo "${GPG_OUT[*]}" | grep -vE "${REDHAT_RELEASE_FINGERPRINT}|${REDHAT_AUXILIARY_FINGERPRINT}" || {
# If $REDHAT_RELEASE_KEY file doesn't contain any keys with unknown fingerprint, import it
rpm --import "${REDHAT_RELEASE_KEY}"
}
fi
fi
|
Ensure Software Patches Installed
[ref]rule
If the system is joined to the Red Hat Network, a Red Hat Satellite Server,
or a yum server, run the following command to install updates:
$ sudo yum update
If the system is not configured to use one of these sources, updates (in the form of RPM packages)
can be manually downloaded from the Red Hat Network and installed using rpm .
NOTE: U.S. Defense systems are required to be patched within 30 days or sooner as local policy
dictates.Warning:
The OVAL feed of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is not a XML file, which may not be understood by all scanners. Rationale:Installing software updates is a fundamental mitigation against
the exploitation of publicly-known vulnerabilities. If the most
recent security patches and updates are not installed, unauthorized
users may take advantage of weaknesses in the unpatched software. The
lack of prompt attention to patching could result in a system compromise. Identifiers:
CCE-26895-3 References:
BP28(R08), 18, 20, 4, 5.10.4.1, APO12.01, APO12.02, APO12.03, APO12.04, BAI03.10, DSS05.01, DSS05.02, CCI-000366, CCI-001227, 4.2.3, 4.2.3.12, 4.2.3.7, 4.2.3.9, A.12.6.1, A.14.2.3, A.16.1.3, A.18.2.2, A.18.2.3, SI-2(5), SI-2(c), CM-6(a), ID.RA-1, PR.IP-12, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, Req-6.2, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-020260, 1.8, SV-204459r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | high |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | patch |
---|
- name: Security patches are up to date
package:
name: '*'
state: latest
tags:
- CCE-26895-3
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020260
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SI-2(5)
- NIST-800-53-SI-2(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- high_disruption
- low_complexity
- medium_severity
- patch_strategy
- reboot_required
- security_patches_up_to_date
- skip_ansible_lint
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | high |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | patch |
---|
yum -y update
|
Account and Access Control
[ref]groupIn traditional Unix security, if an attacker gains
shell access to a certain login account, they can perform any action
or access any file to which that account has access. Therefore,
making it more difficult for unauthorized people to gain shell
access to accounts, particularly to privileged accounts, is a
necessary part of securing a system. This section introduces
mechanisms for restricting access to accounts under
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. |
contains 19 rules |
Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM
[ref]groupPAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules, is a system
which implements modular authentication for Linux programs. PAM provides
a flexible and configurable architecture for authentication, and it should be configured
to minimize exposure to unnecessary risk. This section contains
guidance on how to accomplish that.
PAM is implemented as a set of shared objects which are
loaded and invoked whenever an application wishes to authenticate a
user. Typically, the application must be running as root in order
to take advantage of PAM, because PAM's modules often need to be able
to access sensitive stores of account information, such as /etc/shadow.
Traditional privileged network listeners
(e.g. sshd) or SUID programs (e.g. sudo) already meet this
requirement. An SUID root application, userhelper, is provided so
that programs which are not SUID or privileged themselves can still
take advantage of PAM.
PAM looks in the directory /etc/pam.d for
application-specific configuration information. For instance, if
the program login attempts to authenticate a user, then PAM's
libraries follow the instructions in the file /etc/pam.d/login
to determine what actions should be taken.
One very important file in /etc/pam.d is
/etc/pam.d/system-auth . This file, which is included by
many other PAM configuration files, defines 'default' system authentication
measures. Modifying this file is a good way to make far-reaching
authentication changes, for instance when implementing a
centralized authentication service. Warning:
Be careful when making changes to PAM's configuration files.
The syntax for these files is complex, and modifications can
have unexpected consequences. The default configurations shipped
with applications should be sufficient for most users. |
contains 11 rules |
Set Lockouts for Failed Password Attempts
[ref]groupThe pam_faillock PAM module provides the capability to
lock out user accounts after a number of failed login attempts. Its
documentation is available in
/usr/share/doc/pam-VERSION/txts/README.pam_faillock .
Warning:
Locking out user accounts presents the
risk of a denial-of-service attack. The lockout policy
must weigh whether the risk of such a
denial-of-service attack outweighs the benefits of thwarting
password guessing attacks. |
contains 2 rules |
Limit Password Reuse
[ref]ruleDo not allow users to reuse recent passwords. This can be accomplished by using the
remember option for the pam_unix or pam_pwhistory PAM modules. Warning:
If the system relies on authselect tool to manage PAM settings, the remediation
will also use authselect tool. However, if any manual modification was made in
PAM files, the authselect integrity check will fail and the remediation will be
aborted in order to preserve intentional changes. In this case, an informative message will
be shown in the remediation report. Rationale:Preventing re-use of previous passwords helps ensure that a compromised password is not re-used by a user. Identifiers:
CCE-82030-8 References:
BP28(R18), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.1.1, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.5.8, CCI-000200, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(f), IA-5(1)(e), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, Req-8.2.5, SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045, SRG-OS-000077-VMM-000440, RHEL-07-010270, 5.4.4, SV-204422r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: XCCDF Value var_password_pam_unix_remember # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_password_pam_unix_remember: !!str 5
tags:
- always
- name: Check if system relies on authselect
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /usr/bin/authselect
register: result_authselect_present
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Check the integrity of the current authselect profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect check
register: result_authselect_check_cmd
changed_when: false
ignore_errors: true
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Informative message based on the authselect integrity check result
ansible.builtin.assert:
that:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
fail_msg:
- authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
- This remediation could not be applied because the authselect profile is not
intact.
- It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect is available
- In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific demand,
a custom authselect profile is recommended.
success_msg:
- authselect integrity check passed
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Get authselect current profile
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: authselect current -r | awk '{ print $1 }'
register: result_authselect_profile
changed_when: false
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Define the current authselect profile as a local fact
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
authselect_current_profile: '{{ result_authselect_profile.stdout }}'
authselect_custom_profile: '{{ result_authselect_profile.stdout }}'
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_authselect_profile.stdout is match("custom/")
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Define the new authselect custom profile as a local fact
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
authselect_current_profile: '{{ result_authselect_profile.stdout }}'
authselect_custom_profile: custom/hardening
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_authselect_profile.stdout is not match("custom/")
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Get authselect current features to also enable them in the custom profile
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: authselect current | tail -n+3 | awk '{ print $2 }'
register: result_authselect_features
changed_when: false
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Check if any custom profile with the same name was already created in the
past
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /etc/authselect/{{ authselect_custom_profile }}
register: result_authselect_custom_profile_present
changed_when: false
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Create a custom profile based on the current profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect create-profile hardening -b sssd
register: result_authselect_create_profile
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- not result_authselect_custom_profile_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure the desired configuration is updated in the custom profile
ansible.builtin.replace:
dest: '{{ item }}'
regexp: (.*pam_pwhistory.so.*remember=)(\S+)(.*)$
replace: \g<1>{{ var_password_pam_unix_remember }}\g<3>
loop:
- /etc/authselect/{{ authselect_custom_profile }}/system-auth
- /etc/authselect/{{ authselect_custom_profile }}/password-auth
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_custom_profile is match("custom/")
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure the desired configuration in present in the custom profile
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
dest: '{{ item }}'
insertafter: ^password.*requisite.*pam_pwquality.so.*
line: password requisite pam_pwhistory.so remember={{ var_password_pam_unix_remember
}} use_authtok
loop:
- /etc/authselect/{{ authselect_custom_profile }}/system-auth
- /etc/authselect/{{ authselect_custom_profile }}/password-auth
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_custom_profile is match("custom/")
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure a backup of current authselect profile before select the custom profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect apply-changes -b --backup=before-pwhistory-hardening.backup
register: result_authselect_backup
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- authselect_custom_profile is not match(authselect_current_profile)
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure the custom profile is selected
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect select {{ authselect_custom_profile }} --force
register: result_pam_authselect_select_profile
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- authselect_custom_profile is not match(authselect_current_profile)
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Restore the authselect features in the custom profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect enable-feature {{ item }}
register: result_pam_authselect_select_features
loop: '{{ result_authselect_features.stdout_lines }}'
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_authselect_features is not skipped
- result_pam_authselect_select_profile is not skipped
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure the custom profile changes are applied
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect apply-changes -b --backup=after-pwhistory-hardening.backup
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Do not allow users to reuse recent passwords - system-auth (change)
replace:
dest: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: ^(password\s+sufficient\s+pam_unix\.so\s.*remember\s*=\s*)(\S+)(.*)$
replace: \g<1>{{ var_password_pam_unix_remember }}\g<3>
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- not result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Do not allow users to reuse recent passwords - system-auth (add)
replace:
dest: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: ^password\s+sufficient\s+pam_unix\.so\s(?!.*remember\s*=\s*).*$
replace: \g<0> remember={{ var_password_pam_unix_remember }}
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- not result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Do not allow users to reuse recent passwords - system-auth (change)
replace:
dest: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: ^(password\s+(?:(?:requisite)|(?:required))\s+pam_pwhistory\.so\s.*remember\s*=\s*)(\S+)(.*)$
replace: \g<1>{{ var_password_pam_unix_remember }}\g<3>
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- not result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Do not allow users to reuse recent passwords - system-auth (add)
replace:
dest: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: ^password\s+(?:(?:requisite)|(?:required))\s+pam_pwhistory\.so\s(?!.*remember\s*=\s*).*$
replace: \g<0> remember={{ var_password_pam_unix_remember }}
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- not result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82030-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010270
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(e)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.5
- accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
var_password_pam_unix_remember='5'
if [ -f /usr/bin/authselect ]; then
if authselect check; then
CURRENT_PROFILE=$(authselect current -r | awk '{ print $1 }')
# Standard profiles delivered with authselect should not be modified.
# If not already in use, a custom profile is created preserving the enabled features.
if [[ ! $CURRENT_PROFILE == custom/* ]]; then
ENABLED_FEATURES=$(authselect current | tail -n+3 | awk '{ print $2 }')
authselect create-profile hardening -b $CURRENT_PROFILE
CURRENT_PROFILE="custom/hardening"
# Ensure a backup before changing the profile
authselect apply-changes -b --backup=before-pwhistory-hardening.backup
authselect select $CURRENT_PROFILE
for feature in $ENABLED_FEATURES; do
authselect enable-feature $feature;
done
fi
# Include the desired configuration in the custom profile
CUSTOM_SYSTEM_AUTH="/etc/authselect/$CURRENT_PROFILE/system-auth"
CUSTOM_PASSWORD_AUTH="/etc/authselect/$CURRENT_PROFILE/password-auth"
for custom_pam_file in $CUSTOM_SYSTEM_AUTH $CUSTOM_PASSWORD_AUTH; do
if ! grep -q "^[^#].*pam_pwhistory.so.*remember=" $custom_pam_file; then
sed -i --follow-symlinks "/^password.*requisite.*pam_pwquality.so/a password requisite pam_pwhistory.so remember=$var_password_pam_unix_remember use_authtok" $custom_pam_file
else
sed -i --follow-symlinks "s/\(.*pam_pwhistory.so.*remember=\)[[:digit:]]\+\s\(.*\)/\1$var_password_pam_unix_remember \2/g" $custom_pam_file
fi
done
authselect apply-changes -b --backup=after-pwhistory-hardening.backup
else
echo "
authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
This remediation could not be applied because the authselect profile is not intact.
It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect is available
In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific demand, a custom authselect profile is recommended."
false
fi
else
AUTH_FILES[0]="/etc/pam.d/system-auth"
AUTH_FILES[1]="/etc/pam.d/password-auth"
for pamFile in "${AUTH_FILES[@]}"; do
if grep -q "pam_unix.so.*" $pamFile; then
if [ -e "$pamFile" ] ; then
valueRegex="$var_password_pam_unix_remember" defaultValue="$var_password_pam_unix_remember"
# non-empty values need to be preceded by an equals sign
[ -n "${valueRegex}" ] && valueRegex="=${valueRegex}"
# add an equals sign to non-empty values
[ -n "${defaultValue}" ] && defaultValue="=${defaultValue}"
# fix the value for 'option' if one exists but does not match 'valueRegex'
if grep -q -P "^\\s*password\\s+sufficient\\s+pam_unix.so(\\s.+)?\\s+remember(?"'!'"${valueRegex}(\\s|\$))" < "$pamFile" ; then
sed --follow-symlinks -i -E -e "s/^(\\s*password\\s+sufficient\\s+pam_unix.so(\\s.+)?\\s)remember=[^[:space:]]*/\\1remember${defaultValue}/" "$pamFile"
# add 'option=default' if option is not set
elif grep -q -E "^\\s*password\\s+sufficient\\s+pam_unix.so" < "$pamFile" &&
grep -E "^\\s*password\\s+sufficient\\s+pam_unix.so" < "$pamFile" | grep -q -E -v "\\sremember(=|\\s|\$)" ; then
sed --follow-symlinks -i -E -e "s/^(\\s*password\\s+sufficient\\s+pam_unix.so[^\\n]*)/\\1 remember${defaultValue}/" "$pamFile"
# add a new entry if none exists
elif ! grep -q -P "^\\s*password\\s+sufficient\\s+pam_unix.so(\\s.+)?\\s+remember${valueRegex}(\\s|\$)" < "$pamFile" ; then
echo "password sufficient pam_unix.so remember${defaultValue}" >> "$pamFile"
fi
else
echo "$pamFile doesn't exist" >&2
fi
fi
if grep -q "pam_pwhistory.so.*" $pamFile; then
if [ -e "$pamFile" ] ; then
valueRegex="$var_password_pam_unix_remember" defaultValue="$var_password_pam_unix_remember"
# non-empty values need to be preceded by an equals sign
[ -n "${valueRegex}" ] && valueRegex="=${valueRegex}"
# add an equals sign to non-empty values
[ -n "${defaultValue}" ] && defaultValue="=${defaultValue}"
# fix the value for 'option' if one exists but does not match 'valueRegex'
if grep -q -P "^\\s*password\\s+required\\s+pam_pwhistory.so(\\s.+)?\\s+remember(?"'!'"${valueRegex}(\\s|\$))" < "$pamFile" ; then
sed --follow-symlinks -i -E -e "s/^(\\s*password\\s+required\\s+pam_pwhistory.so(\\s.+)?\\s)remember=[^[:space:]]*/\\1remember${defaultValue}/" "$pamFile"
# add 'option=default' if option is not set
elif grep -q -E "^\\s*password\\s+required\\s+pam_pwhistory.so" < "$pamFile" &&
grep -E "^\\s*password\\s+required\\s+pam_pwhistory.so" < "$pamFile" | grep -q -E -v "\\sremember(=|\\s|\$)" ; then
sed --follow-symlinks -i -E -e "s/^(\\s*password\\s+required\\s+pam_pwhistory.so[^\\n]*)/\\1 remember${defaultValue}/" "$pamFile"
# add a new entry if none exists
elif ! grep -q -P "^\\s*password\\s+required\\s+pam_pwhistory.so(\\s.+)?\\s+remember${valueRegex}(\\s|\$)" < "$pamFile" ; then
echo "password required pam_pwhistory.so remember${defaultValue}" >> "$pamFile"
fi
else
echo "$pamFile doesn't exist" >&2
fi
fi
done
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts
[ref]ruleThis rule configures the system to lock out accounts after a number of incorrect login attempts
using pam_faillock.so .
pam_faillock.so module requires multiple entries in pam files. These entries must be carefully
defined to work as expected. In order to avoid errors when manually editing these files, it is
recommended to use the appropriate tools, such as authselect or authconfig ,
depending on the OS version. Warning:
If the system relies on authselect tool to manage PAM settings, the remediation
will also use authselect tool. However, if any manual modification was made in
PAM files, the authselect integrity check will fail and the remediation will be
aborted in order to preserve intentional changes. In this case, an informative message will
be shown in the remediation report.
If the system supports the /etc/security/faillock.conf file, the pam_faillock
parameters should be defined in faillock.conf file. Rationale:Locking out user accounts after a number of incorrect attempts prevents direct password
guessing attacks. In combination with the silent option, user enumeration attacks
are also mitigated. Identifiers:
CCE-27350-8 References:
BP28(R18), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5.5.3, DSS05.04, DSS05.10, DSS06.10, 3.1.8, CCI-000044, CCI-002236, CCI-002237, CCI-002238, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.18.1.4, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.4, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, CM-6(a), AC-7(a), PR.AC-7, FIA_AFL.1, Req-8.1.6, SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128, SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005, SRG-OS-000021-VMM-000050, RHEL-07-010320, 5.3.2, SV-204427r603824_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-27350-8
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010320
- NIST-800-171-3.1.8
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.1.6
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Check if system relies on authselect
tool
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /usr/bin/authselect
register: result_authselect_present
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-27350-8
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010320
- NIST-800-171-3.1.8
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.1.6
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Remediation where authselect
tool is present
block:
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Check integrity of authselect
current profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect check
register: result_authselect_check_cmd
changed_when: false
ignore_errors: true
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Informative message based
on the authselect integrity check result
ansible.builtin.assert:
that:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
fail_msg:
- authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
- This remediation could not be applied because an authselect profile was
not selected or the selected profile is not intact.
- It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect tool
is available.
- In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific
demand, a custom authselect profile is recommended.
success_msg:
- authselect integrity check passed
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Get authselect current
features
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: authselect current | tail -n+3 | awk '{ print $2 }'
register: result_authselect_features
changed_when: false
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Ensure with-faillock feature
is enabled using authselect tool
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect enable-feature with-faillock
register: result_authselect_cmd
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_features.stdout is not search("with-faillock")
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-27350-8
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010320
- NIST-800-171-3.1.8
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.1.6
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Remediation where authselect
tool is not present
block:
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Check if pam_faillock.so
is already enabled
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: .*auth.*pam_faillock.so (preauth|authfail)
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: result_pam_faillock_is_enabled
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Enable pam_faillock.so
preauth editing PAM files
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
line: auth required pam_faillock.so preauth
insertbefore: ^auth.*sufficient.*pam_unix.so.*
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_is_enabled.found == 0
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Enable pam_faillock.so
authfail editing PAM files
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
line: auth required pam_faillock.so authfail
insertafter: ^auth.*sufficient.*pam_unix.so.*
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_is_enabled.found == 0
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Enable pam_faillock.so
account section editing PAM files
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
line: account required pam_faillock.so
insertbefore: ^account.*required.*pam_unix.so.*
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_is_enabled.found == 0
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- not result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-27350-8
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010320
- NIST-800-171-3.1.8
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.1.6
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny: !!str 5
tags:
- always
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Check the presence of /etc/security/faillock.conf
file
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /etc/security/faillock.conf
register: result_faillock_conf_check
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-27350-8
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010320
- NIST-800-171-3.1.8
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.1.6
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the pam_faillock.so
deny parameter in /etc/security/faillock.conf
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: /etc/security/faillock.conf
regexp: ^\s*deny\s*=
line: deny = {{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny }}
state: present
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_faillock_conf_check.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-27350-8
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010320
- NIST-800-171-3.1.8
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.1.6
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the pam_faillock.so
deny parameter in PAM files
block:
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Check if pam_faillock.so
deny parameter is already enabled in pam files
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: .*auth.*pam_faillock.so (preauth|authfail).*deny
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: result_pam_faillock_deny_parameter_is_present
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the inclusion of
pam_faillock.so preauth deny parameter in auth section
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
backrefs: true
regexp: (^\s*auth\s+)([\w\[].*\b)(\s+pam_faillock.so preauth.*)
line: \1required\3 deny={{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny }}
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_deny_parameter_is_present.found == 0
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the inclusion of
pam_faillock.so authfail deny parameter in auth section
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
backrefs: true
regexp: (^\s*auth\s+)([\w\[].*\b)(\s+pam_faillock.so authfail.*)
line: \1required\3 deny={{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny }}
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_deny_parameter_is_present.found == 0
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the desired value
for pam_faillock.so preauth deny parameter in auth section
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
backrefs: true
regexp: (^\s*auth\s+)([\w\[].*\b)(\s+pam_faillock.so preauth.*)(deny)=[0-9]+(.*)
line: \1required\3\4={{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny }}\5
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_deny_parameter_is_present.found > 0
- name: Lock Accounts After Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the desired value
for pam_faillock.so authfail deny parameter in auth section
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
backrefs: true
regexp: (^\s*auth\s+)([\w\[].*\b)(\s+pam_faillock.so authfail.*)(deny)=[0-9]+(.*)
line: \1required\3\4={{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny }}\5
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_deny_parameter_is_present.found > 0
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- not result_faillock_conf_check.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-27350-8
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010320
- NIST-800-171-3.1.8
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.1.6
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny='5'
if [ -f /usr/bin/authselect ]; then
if authselect check; then
authselect enable-feature with-faillock
authselect apply-changes
else
echo "
authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
This remediation could not be applied because an authselect profile was not selected or the selected profile is not intact.
It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect tool is available.
In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific demand, a custom authselect profile is recommended."
false
fi
else
AUTH_FILES=("/etc/pam.d/system-auth" "/etc/pam.d/password-auth")
for pam_file in "${AUTH_FILES[@]}"
do
if ! grep -qE '^\s*auth\s+required\s+pam_faillock\.so\s+(preauth silent|authfail).*$' "$pam_file" ; then
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^auth.*sufficient.*pam_unix.so.*/i auth required pam_faillock.so preauth silent' "$pam_file"
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^auth.*sufficient.*pam_unix.so.*/a auth required pam_faillock.so authfail' "$pam_file"
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^account.*required.*pam_unix.so.*/i account required pam_faillock.so' "$pam_file"
fi
sed -Ei 's/(auth.*)(\[default=die\])(.*pam_faillock.so)/\1required \3/g' "$pam_file"
done
fi
FAILLOCK_CONF="/etc/security/faillock.conf"
if [ -f $FAILLOCK_CONF ]; then
regex="^\s*deny\s*="
line="deny = $var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny"
if ! grep -q $regex $FAILLOCK_CONF; then
echo $line >> $FAILLOCK_CONF
else
sed -i --follow-symlinks 's/^\s*\(deny\s*=\s*\)\([0-9]\+\)/\1'"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny"'/g' $FAILLOCK_CONF
fi
else
AUTH_FILES=("/etc/pam.d/system-auth" "/etc/pam.d/password-auth")
for pam_file in "${AUTH_FILES[@]}"
do
if ! grep -qE '^\s*auth.*pam_faillock.so (preauth|authfail).*deny' "$pam_file"; then
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^auth.*required.*pam_faillock.so.*preauth.*silent.*/ s/$/ deny='"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny"'/' "$pam_file"
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^auth.*required.*pam_faillock.so.*authfail.*/ s/$/ deny='"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny"'/' "$pam_file"
else
sed -i --follow-symlinks 's/\(^auth.*required.*pam_faillock.so.*preauth.*silent.*\)\('"deny"'=\)[0-9]\+\(.*\)/\1\2'"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny"'\3/' "$pam_file"
sed -i --follow-symlinks 's/\(^auth.*required.*pam_faillock.so.*authfail.*\)\('"deny"'=\)[0-9]\+\(.*\)/\1\2'"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_deny"'\3/' "$pam_file"
fi
done
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Set Password Quality Requirements
[ref]groupThe default pam_pwquality PAM module provides strength
checking for passwords. It performs a number of checks, such as
making sure passwords are not similar to dictionary words, are of
at least a certain length, are not the previous password reversed,
and are not simply a change of case from the previous password. It
can also require passwords to be in certain character classes. The
pam_pwquality module is the preferred way of configuring
password requirements.
The man pages pam_pwquality(8)
provide information on the capabilities and configuration of
each. |
contains 6 rules |
Set Password Quality Requirements with pam_pwquality
[ref]groupThe pam_pwquality PAM module can be configured to meet
requirements for a variety of policies.
For example, to configure pam_pwquality to require at least one uppercase
character, lowercase character, digit, and other (special)
character, make sure that pam_pwquality exists in /etc/pam.d/system-auth :
password requisite pam_pwquality.so try_first_pass local_users_only retry=3 authtok_type=
If no such line exists, add one as the first line of the password section in /etc/pam.d/system-auth .
Next, modify the settings in /etc/security/pwquality.conf to match the following:
difok = 4
minlen = 14
dcredit = -1
ucredit = -1
lcredit = -1
ocredit = -1
maxrepeat = 3
The arguments can be modified to ensure compliance with
your organization's security policy. Discussion of each parameter follows. |
contains 6 rules |
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Digit Characters
[ref]ruleThe pam_pwquality module's dcredit parameter controls requirements for
usage of digits in a password. When set to a negative number, any password will be required to
contain that many digits. When set to a positive number, pam_pwquality will grant +1 additional
length credit for each digit. Modify the dcredit setting in
/etc/security/pwquality.conf to require the use of a digit in passwords. Rationale:Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required
to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of
the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force
attacks.
Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes
to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of
possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.
Requiring digits makes password guessing attacks more difficult by ensuring a larger
search space. Identifiers:
CCE-27214-6 References:
BP28(R18), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000194, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(a), CM-6(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, Req-8.2.3, SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039, SRG-OS-000071-VMM-000380, RHEL-07-010140, 5.4.1, SV-204409r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-27214-6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010140
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- accounts_password_pam_dcredit
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_password_pam_dcredit # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_password_pam_dcredit: !!str -1
tags:
- always
- name: Ensure PAM variable dcredit is set accordingly
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/security/pwquality.conf
regexp: ^#?\s*dcredit
line: dcredit = {{ var_password_pam_dcredit }}
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-27214-6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010140
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- accounts_password_pam_dcredit
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
var_password_pam_dcredit='-1'
# Test if the config_file is a symbolic link. If so, use --follow-symlinks with sed.
# Otherwise, regular sed command will do.
sed_command=('sed' '-i')
if test -L "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
sed_command+=('--follow-symlinks')
fi
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^dcredit")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_password_pam_dcredit"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^dcredit\\>" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
"${sed_command[@]}" "s/^dcredit\\>.*/$formatted_output/gi" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
else
# \n is precaution for case where file ends without trailing newline
cce="CCE-27214-6"
printf '\n# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "$cce" "$formatted_output" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Different Characters
[ref]ruleThe pam_pwquality module's difok parameter sets the number of characters
in a password that must not be present in and old password during a password change.
Modify the difok setting in /etc/security/pwquality.conf
to equal 3 to require differing characters
when changing passwords. Rationale:Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources
required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength,
is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts
at guessing and brute–force attacks.
Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long
it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the
greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested
before the password is compromised.
Requiring a minimum number of different characters during password changes ensures that
newly changed passwords should not resemble previously compromised ones.
Note that passwords which are changed on compromised systems will still be compromised, however. Identifiers:
CCE-82020-9 References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.1.1, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000195, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(b), CM-6(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040, SRG-OS-000072-VMM-000390, RHEL-07-010160, SV-204411r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-82020-9
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010160
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(b)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- accounts_password_pam_difok
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_password_pam_difok # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_password_pam_difok: !!str 3
tags:
- always
- name: Ensure PAM variable difok is set accordingly
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/security/pwquality.conf
regexp: ^#?\s*difok
line: difok = {{ var_password_pam_difok }}
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-82020-9
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010160
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(b)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- accounts_password_pam_difok
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
var_password_pam_difok='3'
# Test if the config_file is a symbolic link. If so, use --follow-symlinks with sed.
# Otherwise, regular sed command will do.
sed_command=('sed' '-i')
if test -L "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
sed_command+=('--follow-symlinks')
fi
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^difok")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_password_pam_difok"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^difok\\>" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
"${sed_command[@]}" "s/^difok\\>.*/$formatted_output/gi" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
else
# \n is precaution for case where file ends without trailing newline
cce="CCE-82020-9"
printf '\n# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "$cce" "$formatted_output" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Lowercase Characters
[ref]ruleThe pam_pwquality module's lcredit parameter controls requirements for
usage of lowercase letters in a password. When set to a negative number, any password will be required to
contain that many lowercase characters. When set to a positive number, pam_pwquality will grant +1 additional
length credit for each lowercase character. Modify the lcredit setting in
/etc/security/pwquality.conf to require the use of a lowercase character in passwords. Rationale:Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required
to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of
the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force
attacks.
Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes
to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of
possble combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.
Requiring a minimum number of lowercase characters makes password guessing attacks
more difficult by ensuring a larger search space. Identifiers:
CCE-27345-8 References:
BP28(R18), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000193, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(a), CM-6(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, Req-8.2.3, SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038, SRG-OS-000070-VMM-000370, RHEL-07-010130, 5.4.1, SV-204408r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-27345-8
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010130
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- accounts_password_pam_lcredit
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_password_pam_lcredit # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_password_pam_lcredit: !!str -2
tags:
- always
- name: Ensure PAM variable lcredit is set accordingly
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/security/pwquality.conf
regexp: ^#?\s*lcredit
line: lcredit = {{ var_password_pam_lcredit }}
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-27345-8
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010130
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- accounts_password_pam_lcredit
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
var_password_pam_lcredit='-2'
# Test if the config_file is a symbolic link. If so, use --follow-symlinks with sed.
# Otherwise, regular sed command will do.
sed_command=('sed' '-i')
if test -L "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
sed_command+=('--follow-symlinks')
fi
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^lcredit")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_password_pam_lcredit"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^lcredit\\>" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
"${sed_command[@]}" "s/^lcredit\\>.*/$formatted_output/gi" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
else
# \n is precaution for case where file ends without trailing newline
cce="CCE-27345-8"
printf '\n# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "$cce" "$formatted_output" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Special Characters
[ref]ruleThe pam_pwquality module's ocredit= parameter controls requirements for
usage of special (or "other") characters in a password. When set to a negative number,
any password will be required to contain that many special characters.
When set to a positive number, pam_pwquality will grant +1
additional length credit for each special character. Modify the ocredit setting
in /etc/security/pwquality.conf to equal -2
to require use of a special character in passwords. Rationale:Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required
to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of
the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force
attacks.
Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes
to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of
possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.
Requiring a minimum number of special characters makes password guessing attacks
more difficult by ensuring a larger search space. Identifiers:
CCE-27360-7 References:
BP28(R18), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-001619, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(a), CM-6(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, SRG-OS-000266-GPOS-00101, SRG-OS-000266-VMM-000940, RHEL-07-010150, 5.4.1, SV-204410r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-27360-7
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010150
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- accounts_password_pam_ocredit
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_password_pam_ocredit # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_password_pam_ocredit: !!str -2
tags:
- always
- name: Ensure PAM variable ocredit is set accordingly
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/security/pwquality.conf
regexp: ^#?\s*ocredit
line: ocredit = {{ var_password_pam_ocredit }}
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-27360-7
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010150
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- accounts_password_pam_ocredit
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
var_password_pam_ocredit='-2'
# Test if the config_file is a symbolic link. If so, use --follow-symlinks with sed.
# Otherwise, regular sed command will do.
sed_command=('sed' '-i')
if test -L "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
sed_command+=('--follow-symlinks')
fi
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^ocredit")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_password_pam_ocredit"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^ocredit\\>" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
"${sed_command[@]}" "s/^ocredit\\>.*/$formatted_output/gi" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
else
# \n is precaution for case where file ends without trailing newline
cce="CCE-27360-7"
printf '\n# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "$cce" "$formatted_output" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Authentication Retry Prompts Permitted Per-Session
[ref]ruleTo configure the number of retry prompts that are permitted per-session:
Edit the pam_pwquality.so statement in
/etc/pam.d/system-auth to show
retry=3 , or a lower value if site
policy is more restrictive. The DoD requirement is a maximum of 3 prompts
per session. Rationale:Setting the password retry prompts that are permitted on a per-session basis to a low value
requires some software, such as SSH, to re-connect. This can slow down and
draw additional attention to some types of password-guessing attacks. Note that this
is different from account lockout, which is provided by the pam_faillock module. Identifiers:
CCE-27160-1 References:
1, 11, 12, 15, 16, 3, 5, 9, 5.5.3, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000192, CCI-000366, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 7.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, CM-6(a), AC-7(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.IP-1, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037, RHEL-07-010119, 5.4.1, SV-204406r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | medium |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-27160-1
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010119
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- accounts_password_pam_retry
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: XCCDF Value var_password_pam_retry # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_password_pam_retry: !!str 3
tags:
- always
- name: Set Password Retry Prompts Permitted Per-Session - system-auth (change)
replace:
dest: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: (^.*\spam_pwquality.so\s.*retry\s*=\s*)(\S+)(.*$)
replace: \g<1>{{ var_password_pam_retry }}\g<3>
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-27160-1
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010119
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- accounts_password_pam_retry
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Set Password Retry Prompts Permitted Per-Session - system-auth (add)
replace:
dest: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: ^.*\spam_pwquality.so\s(?!.*retry\s*=\s*).*$
replace: \g<0> retry={{ var_password_pam_retry }}
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-27160-1
- CJIS-5.5.3
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010119
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- accounts_password_pam_retry
- configure_strategy
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
var_password_pam_retry='3'
if grep -q "retry=" /etc/pam.d/system-auth ; then
sed -i --follow-symlinks "s/\(retry *= *\).*/\1$var_password_pam_retry/" /etc/pam.d/system-auth
else
sed -i --follow-symlinks "/pam_pwquality.so/ s/$/ retry=$var_password_pam_retry/" /etc/pam.d/system-auth
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Uppercase Characters
[ref]ruleThe pam_pwquality module's ucredit= parameter controls requirements for
usage of uppercase letters in a password. When set to a negative number, any password will be required to
contain that many uppercase characters. When set to a positive number, pam_pwquality will grant +1 additional
length credit for each uppercase character. Modify the ucredit setting in
/etc/security/pwquality.conf to require the use of an uppercase character in passwords. Rationale:Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password.
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts
at guessing and brute-force attacks.
Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes to crack a password. The more
complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before
the password is compromised. Identifiers:
CCE-27200-5 References:
BP28(R18), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, CCI-000192, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(a), CM-6(a), IA-5(4), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, Req-8.2.3, SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037, SRG-OS-000069-VMM-000360, RHEL-07-010120, 5.4.1, SV-204407r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | restrict |
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- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-27200-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010120
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- accounts_password_pam_ucredit
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_password_pam_ucredit # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_password_pam_ucredit: !!str -2
tags:
- always
- name: Ensure PAM variable ucredit is set accordingly
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/security/pwquality.conf
regexp: ^#?\s*ucredit
line: ucredit = {{ var_password_pam_ucredit }}
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-27200-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010120
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- accounts_password_pam_ucredit
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
var_password_pam_ucredit='-2'
# Test if the config_file is a symbolic link. If so, use --follow-symlinks with sed.
# Otherwise, regular sed command will do.
sed_command=('sed' '-i')
if test -L "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
sed_command+=('--follow-symlinks')
fi
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^ucredit")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_password_pam_ucredit"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^ucredit\\>" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
"${sed_command[@]}" "s/^ucredit\\>.*/$formatted_output/gi" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
else
# \n is precaution for case where file ends without trailing newline
cce="CCE-27200-5"
printf '\n# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "$cce" "$formatted_output" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Set Password Hashing Algorithm
[ref]groupThe system's default algorithm for storing password hashes in
/etc/shadow is SHA-512. This can be configured in several
locations. |
contains 3 rules |
Set Password Hashing Algorithm in /etc/libuser.conf
[ref]ruleIn /etc/libuser.conf , add or correct the following line in its
[defaults] section to ensure the system will use the SHA-512
algorithm for password hashing:
crypt_style = sha512 Rationale:Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard
method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can
be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised. Passwords that
are encrypted with a weak algorithm are no more protected than if they are
kepy in plain text.
This setting ensures user and group account administration utilities are
configured to store only encrypted representations of passwords.
Additionally, the crypt_style configuration option ensures the use
of a strong hashing algorithm that makes password cracking attacks more
difficult. Identifiers:
CCE-82038-1 References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.2, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.13.11, CCI-000196, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0418, 1055, 1402, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(c), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, Req-8.2.1, SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-010220, SV-204417r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-82038-1
- CJIS-5.6.2.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010220
- NIST-800-171-3.13.11
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(c)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.1
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- set_password_hashing_algorithm_libuserconf
- name: Set Password Hashing Algorithm in /etc/libuser.conf
lineinfile:
dest: /etc/libuser.conf
insertafter: ^\s*\[defaults]
regexp: ^#?crypt_style
line: crypt_style = sha512
state: present
create: true
when: '"libuser" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-82038-1
- CJIS-5.6.2.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010220
- NIST-800-171-3.13.11
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(c)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.1
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- set_password_hashing_algorithm_libuserconf
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q libuser; then
LIBUSER_CONF="/etc/libuser.conf"
CRYPT_STYLE_REGEX='[[:space:]]*\[defaults](.*(\n)+)+?[[:space:]]*crypt_style[[:space:]]*'
# Try find crypt_style in [defaults] section. If it is here, then change algorithm to sha512.
# If it isn't here, then add it to [defaults] section.
if grep -qzosP $CRYPT_STYLE_REGEX $LIBUSER_CONF ; then
sed -i "s/\(crypt_style[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\).*/\1sha512/g" $LIBUSER_CONF
elif grep -qs "\[defaults]" $LIBUSER_CONF ; then
sed -i "/[[:space:]]*\[defaults]/a crypt_style = sha512" $LIBUSER_CONF
else
echo -e "[defaults]\ncrypt_style = sha512" >> $LIBUSER_CONF
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Set Password Hashing Algorithm in /etc/login.defs
[ref]ruleIn /etc/login.defs , add or correct the following line to ensure
the system will use SHA-512 as the hashing algorithm:
ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512 Rationale:Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords.
If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised. Passwords
that are encrypted with a weak algorithm are no more protected than if they are kept in plain text.
Using a stronger hashing algorithm makes password cracking attacks more difficult. Identifiers:
CCE-82050-6 References:
BP28(R32), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.2, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.13.11, CCI-000196, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0418, 1055, 1402, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(c), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, Req-8.2.1, SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041, RHEL-07-010210, SV-204416r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-82050-6
- CJIS-5.6.2.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010210
- NIST-800-171-3.13.11
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(c)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.1
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- set_password_hashing_algorithm_logindefs
- name: XCCDF Value var_password_hashing_algorithm # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_password_hashing_algorithm: !!str SHA512
tags:
- always
- name: Set Password Hashing Algorithm in /etc/login.defs
lineinfile:
dest: /etc/login.defs
regexp: ^#?ENCRYPT_METHOD
line: ENCRYPT_METHOD {{ var_password_hashing_algorithm }}
state: present
create: true
when: '"shadow-utils" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-82050-6
- CJIS-5.6.2.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010210
- NIST-800-171-3.13.11
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(c)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.1
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- set_password_hashing_algorithm_logindefs
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q shadow-utils; then
var_password_hashing_algorithm='SHA512'
if grep --silent ^ENCRYPT_METHOD /etc/login.defs ; then
sed -i "s/^ENCRYPT_METHOD .*/ENCRYPT_METHOD $var_password_hashing_algorithm/g" /etc/login.defs
else
echo "" >> /etc/login.defs
echo "ENCRYPT_METHOD $var_password_hashing_algorithm" >> /etc/login.defs
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Set PAM's Password Hashing Algorithm
[ref]ruleThe PAM system service can be configured to only store encrypted
representations of passwords. In "/etc/pam.d/password-auth", the
password section of the file controls which PAM modules execute
during a password change. Set the pam_unix.so module in the
password section to include the argument sha512 , as shown
below:
password sufficient pam_unix.so sha512 other arguments...
This will help ensure when local users change their passwords, hashes for
the new passwords will be generated using the SHA-512 algorithm. This is
the default.Rationale:Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard
method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can
be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised. Passwords that
are encrypted with a weak algorithm are no more protected than if they are
kepy in plain text.
This setting ensures user and group account administration utilities are
configured to store only encrypted representations of passwords.
Additionally, the crypt_style configuration option ensures the use
of a strong hashing algorithm that makes password cracking attacks more
difficult. Identifiers:
CCE-82043-1 References:
BP28(R32), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.2, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.13.11, CCI-000196, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0418, 1055, 1402, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(c), IA-5(1)(c), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, Req-8.2.1, SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-010200, 5.4.3, SV-204415r603261_rule Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
AUTH_FILES[0]="/etc/pam.d/system-auth"
AUTH_FILES[1]="/etc/pam.d/password-auth"
for pamFile in "${AUTH_FILES[@]}"
do
if ! grep -q "^password.*sufficient.*pam_unix.so.*sha512" $pamFile; then
sed -i --follow-symlinks "/^password.*sufficient.*pam_unix.so/ s/$/ sha512/" $pamFile
fi
done
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Protect Physical Console Access
[ref]groupIt is impossible to fully protect a system from an
attacker with physical access, so securing the space in which the
system is located should be considered a necessary step. However,
there are some steps which, if taken, make it more difficult for an
attacker to quickly or undetectably modify a system from its
console. |
contains 1 rule |
Require Authentication for Single User Mode
[ref]ruleSingle-user mode is intended as a system recovery
method, providing a single user root access to the system by
providing a boot option at startup. By default, no authentication
is performed if single-user mode is selected.
By default, single-user mode is protected by requiring a password and is set
in /usr/lib/systemd/system/rescue.service . Rationale:This prevents attackers with physical access from trivially bypassing security
on the machine and gaining root access. Such accesses are further prevented
by configuring the bootloader password. Identifiers:
CCE-27287-2 References:
1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, DSS05.02, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.06, DSS06.10, 3.1.1, 3.4.5, CCI-000213, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B), 164.308(a)(7)(i), 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A), 164.310(a)(1), 164.310(a)(2)(i), 164.310(a)(2)(ii), 164.310(a)(2)(iii), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.310(d)(1), 164.310(d)(2)(iii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, IA-2, AC-3, CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.PT-3, FIA_UAU.1, SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, RHEL-07-010481, 1.4.3, SV-204437r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: require single user mode password
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /usr/lib/systemd/system/rescue.service
regexp: ^#?ExecStart=
line: ExecStart=-/bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/sulogin; /usr/bin/systemctl --fail --no-block
default"
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27287-2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010481
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.4.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-3
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-2
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- require_singleuser_auth
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
service_file="/usr/lib/systemd/system/rescue.service"
sulogin='/bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/sulogin; /usr/bin/systemctl --fail --no-block default"'
if grep "^ExecStart=.*" "$service_file" ; then
sed -i "s%^ExecStart=.*%ExecStart=-$sulogin%" "$service_file"
else
echo "ExecStart=-$sulogin" >> "$service_file"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Protect Accounts by Restricting Password-Based Login
[ref]groupConventionally, Unix shell accounts are accessed by
providing a username and password to a login program, which tests
these values for correctness using the /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow files. Password-based login is vulnerable to
guessing of weak passwords, and to sniffing and man-in-the-middle
attacks against passwords entered over a network or at an insecure
console. Therefore, mechanisms for accessing accounts by entering
usernames and passwords should be restricted to those which are
operationally necessary. |
contains 7 rules |
Set Password Expiration Parameters
[ref]groupThe file /etc/login.defs controls several
password-related settings. Programs such as passwd ,
su , and
login consult /etc/login.defs to determine
behavior with regard to password aging, expiration warnings,
and length. See the man page login.defs(5) for more information.
Users should be forced to change their passwords, in order to
decrease the utility of compromised passwords. However, the need to
change passwords often should be balanced against the risk that
users will reuse or write down passwords if forced to change them
too often. Forcing password changes every 90-360 days, depending on
the environment, is recommended. Set the appropriate value as
PASS_MAX_DAYS and apply it to existing accounts with the
-M flag.
The PASS_MIN_DAYS (-m ) setting prevents password
changes for 7 days after the first change, to discourage password
cycling. If you use this setting, train users to contact an administrator
for an emergency password change in case a new password becomes
compromised. The PASS_WARN_AGE (-W ) setting gives
users 7 days of warnings at login time that their passwords are about to expire.
For example, for each existing human user USER, expiration parameters
could be adjusted to a 180 day maximum password age, 7 day minimum password
age, and 7 day warning period with the following command:
$ sudo chage -M 180 -m 7 -W 7 USER |
contains 3 rules |
Set Password Minimum Age
[ref]ruleTo specify password minimum age for new accounts,
edit the file /etc/login.defs
and add or correct the following line:
PASS_MIN_DAYS 7
A value of 1 day is considered sufficient for many
environments. The DoD requirement is 1.
The profile requirement is 7 .Rationale:Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password
changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforcement requirement. If
users are allowed to immediately and continually change their password,
then the password could be repeatedly changed in a short period of time to
defeat the organization's policy regarding password reuse.
Setting the minimum password age protects against users cycling back to a
favorite password after satisfying the password reuse requirement. Identifiers:
CCE-82036-5 References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.1.1, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.5.8, CCI-000198, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0418, 1055, 1402, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(f), IA-5(1)(d), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043, RHEL-07-010230, 5.5.1.2, SV-204418r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-82036-5
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010230
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(d)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- accounts_minimum_age_login_defs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_accounts_minimum_age_login_defs # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_accounts_minimum_age_login_defs: !!str 7
tags:
- always
- name: Set Password Minimum Age
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/login.defs
regexp: ^#?PASS_MIN_DAYS
line: PASS_MIN_DAYS {{ var_accounts_minimum_age_login_defs }}
when: '"shadow-utils" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-82036-5
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010230
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(d)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- accounts_minimum_age_login_defs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q shadow-utils; then
var_accounts_minimum_age_login_defs='7'
grep -q ^PASS_MIN_DAYS /etc/login.defs && \
sed -i "s/PASS_MIN_DAYS.*/PASS_MIN_DAYS $var_accounts_minimum_age_login_defs/g" /etc/login.defs
if ! [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "PASS_MIN_DAYS $var_accounts_minimum_age_login_defs" >> /etc/login.defs
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Set Password Minimum Length in login.defs
[ref]ruleTo specify password length requirements for new accounts, edit the file
/etc/login.defs and add or correct the following line:
PASS_MIN_LEN 6
The DoD requirement is 15 .
The FISMA requirement is 12 .
The profile requirement is
6 .
If a program consults /etc/login.defs and also another PAM module
(such as pam_pwquality ) during a password change operation, then
the most restrictive must be satisfied. See PAM section for more
information about enforcing password quality requirements.Rationale:Requiring a minimum password length makes password
cracking attacks more difficult by ensuring a larger
search space. However, any security benefit from an onerous requirement
must be carefully weighed against usability problems, support costs, or counterproductive
behavior that may result. Identifiers:
CCE-82049-8 References:
BP28(R18), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.6.2.1, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.5.7, CCI-000205, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(f), IA-5(1)(a), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-82049-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1
- NIST-800-171-3.5.7
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- accounts_password_minlen_login_defs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_accounts_password_minlen_login_defs # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_accounts_password_minlen_login_defs: !!str 6
tags:
- always
- name: Set Password Minimum Length in login.defs
lineinfile:
dest: /etc/login.defs
regexp: ^PASS_MIN_LEN *[0-9]*
state: present
line: PASS_MIN_LEN {{ var_accounts_password_minlen_login_defs }}
create: true
when: '"shadow-utils" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-82049-8
- CJIS-5.6.2.1
- NIST-800-171-3.5.7
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- accounts_password_minlen_login_defs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q shadow-utils; then
var_accounts_password_minlen_login_defs='6'
grep -q ^PASS_MIN_LEN /etc/login.defs && \
sed -i "s/PASS_MIN_LEN.*/PASS_MIN_LEN\t$var_accounts_password_minlen_login_defs/g" /etc/login.defs
if ! [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo -e "PASS_MIN_LEN\t$var_accounts_password_minlen_login_defs" >> /etc/login.defs
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Set Password Warning Age
[ref]ruleTo specify how many days prior to password
expiration that a warning will be issued to users,
edit the file /etc/login.defs and add or correct
the following line:
PASS_WARN_AGE 7
The DoD requirement is 7.
The profile requirement is 7 .Rationale:Setting the password warning age enables users to
make the change at a practical time. Identifiers:
CCE-82016-7 References:
1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 7, 8, DSS01.03, DSS03.05, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.5.8, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 6.2, 0418, 1055, 1402, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.3, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, IA-5(f), IA-5(1)(d), CM-6(a), DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, 5.5.1.3 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-82016-7
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(d)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs: !!str 7
tags:
- always
- name: Set Password Warning Age
lineinfile:
dest: /etc/login.defs
regexp: ^PASS_WARN_AGE *[0-9]*
state: present
line: PASS_WARN_AGE {{ var_accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs }}
create: true
when: '"shadow-utils" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-82016-7
- NIST-800-171-3.5.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(d)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(f)
- accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q shadow-utils; then
var_accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs='7'
grep -q ^PASS_WARN_AGE /etc/login.defs && \
sed -i "s/PASS_WARN_AGE.*/PASS_WARN_AGE\t$var_accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs/g" /etc/login.defs
if ! [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo -e "PASS_WARN_AGE\t$var_accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs" >> /etc/login.defs
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Verify Proper Storage and Existence of Password
Hashes
[ref]groupBy default, password hashes for local accounts are stored
in the second field (colon-separated) in
/etc/shadow . This file should be readable only by
processes running with root credentials, preventing users from
casually accessing others' password hashes and attempting
to crack them.
However, it remains possible to misconfigure the system
and store password hashes
in world-readable files such as /etc/passwd , or
to even store passwords themselves in plaintext on the system.
Using system-provided tools for password change/creation
should allow administrators to avoid such misconfiguration. |
contains 2 rules |
Verify All Account Password Hashes are Shadowed
[ref]ruleIf any password hashes are stored in /etc/passwd (in the second field,
instead of an x or * ), the cause of this misconfiguration should be
investigated. The account should have its password reset and the hash should be
properly stored, or the account should be deleted entirely. Rationale:The hashes for all user account passwords should be stored in
the file /etc/shadow and never in /etc/passwd ,
which is readable by all users. Identifiers:
CCE-27352-4 References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 5.5.2, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.5.10, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, 1410, A.18.1.4, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, IA-5(h), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, Req-8.2.1, 6.2.1 |
Prevent Login to Accounts With Empty Password
[ref]ruleIf an account is configured for password authentication
but does not have an assigned password, it may be possible to log
into the account without authentication. Remove any instances of the
nullok in
/etc/pam.d/system-auth
to prevent logins with empty passwords. Warning:
If the system relies on authselect tool to manage PAM settings, the remediation
will also use authselect tool. However, if any manual modification was made in
PAM files, the authselect integrity check will fail and the remediation will be
aborted in order to preserve intentional changes. In this case, an informative message will
be shown in the remediation report.
Note that this rule is not applicable for systems running within a
container. Having user with empty password within a container is not
considered a risk, because it should not be possible to directly login into
a container anyway. Rationale:If an account has an empty password, anyone could log in and
run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with
empty passwords should never be used in operational environments. Identifiers:
CCE-27286-4 References:
1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.02, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.1.1, 3.1.5, CCI-000366, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B), 164.308(a)(7)(i), 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A), 164.310(a)(1), 164.310(a)(2)(i), 164.310(a)(2)(ii), 164.310(a)(2)(iii), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.310(d)(1), 164.310(d)(2)(iii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, IA-5(1)(a), IA-5(c), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.DS-5, FIA_UAU.1, Req-8.2.3, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, RHEL-07-010290, SV-204424r809187_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Check if system relies on authselect
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /usr/bin/authselect
register: result_authselect_present
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27286-4
- CJIS-5.5.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010290
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- configure_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_empty_passwords
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Check integrity of authselect current profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect check
register: result_authselect_check_cmd
changed_when: false
ignore_errors: true
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-27286-4
- CJIS-5.5.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010290
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- configure_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_empty_passwords
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Get authselect current features
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: authselect current | tail -n+3 | awk '{ print $2 }'
register: result_authselect_features
changed_when: false
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
tags:
- CCE-27286-4
- CJIS-5.5.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010290
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- configure_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_empty_passwords
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure nullok property is absent via authselect tool
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect enable-feature without-nullok
register: result_authselect_cmd
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_features.stdout is not search("without-nullok")
tags:
- CCE-27286-4
- CJIS-5.5.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010290
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- configure_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_empty_passwords
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Informative message based on the authselect integrity check result
ansible.builtin.assert:
that:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
fail_msg:
- authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
- This remediation could not be applied because the authselect profile is not
intact.
- It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect is available
- In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific demand,
a custom authselect profile is recommended.
success_msg:
- authselect integrity check passed
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27286-4
- CJIS-5.5.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010290
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- configure_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_empty_passwords
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure nullok property is absent by directly editing pam files
replace:
dest: '{{ item }}'
regexp: nullok
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- not result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-27286-4
- CJIS-5.5.2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010290
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- configure_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_empty_passwords
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
SYSTEM_AUTH="/etc/pam.d/system-auth"
PASSWORD_AUTH="/etc/pam.d/password-auth"
if [ -f /usr/bin/authselect ]; then
if authselect check; then
authselect enable-feature without-nullok
authselect apply-changes
else
echo "
authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
This remediation could not be applied because the authselect profile is not intact.
It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect is available
In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific demand, a custom authselect profile is recommended."
false
fi
else
sed --follow-symlinks -i 's/\<nullok\>//g' $SYSTEM_AUTH
sed --follow-symlinks -i 's/\<nullok\>//g' $PASSWORD_AUTH
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Remediation script: (show)
---
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
config:
ignition:
version: 3.1.0
storage:
files:
- contents:
source: data:,%23%20Generated%20by%20authselect%20on%20Sat%20Oct%2027%2014%3A59%3A36%202018%0A%23%20Do%20not%20modify%20this%20file%20manually.%0A%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_env.so%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_faildelay.so%20delay%3D2000000%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_fprintd.so%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5Bdefault%3D1%20ignore%3Dignore%20success%3Dok%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_succeed_if.so%20uid%20%3E%3D%201000%20quiet%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5Bdefault%3D1%20ignore%3Dignore%20success%3Dok%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_localuser.so%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_unix.so%20try_first_pass%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20requisite%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_succeed_if.so%20uid%20%3E%3D%201000%20quiet_success%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_sss.so%20forward_pass%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_deny.so%0A%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_unix.so%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_localuser.so%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_succeed_if.so%20uid%20%3C%201000%20quiet%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20%5Bdefault%3Dbad%20success%3Dok%20user_unknown%3Dignore%5D%20pam_sss.so%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_permit.so%0A%0Apassword%20%20%20%20requisite%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_pwquality.so%20try_first_pass%20local_users_only%0Apassword%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_unix.so%20sha512%20shadow%20try_first_pass%20use_authtok%0Apassword%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_sss.so%20use_authtok%0Apassword%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_deny.so%0A%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20optional%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_keyinit.so%20revoke%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_limits.so%0A-session%20%20%20%20optional%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_systemd.so%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20%5Bsuccess%3D1%20default%3Dignore%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_succeed_if.so%20service%20in%20crond%20quiet%20use_uid%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_unix.so%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20optional%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_sss.so%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/pam.d/password-auth
overwrite: true
- contents:
source: data:,%23%20Generated%20by%20authselect%20on%20Sat%20Oct%2027%2014%3A59%3A36%202018%0A%23%20Do%20not%20modify%20this%20file%20manually.%0A%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_env.so%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_faildelay.so%20delay%3D2000000%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_fprintd.so%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5Bdefault%3D1%20ignore%3Dignore%20success%3Dok%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_succeed_if.so%20uid%20%3E%3D%201000%20quiet%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5Bdefault%3D1%20ignore%3Dignore%20success%3Dok%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_localuser.so%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_unix.so%20try_first_pass%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20requisite%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_succeed_if.so%20uid%20%3E%3D%201000%20quiet_success%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_sss.so%20forward_pass%0Aauth%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_deny.so%0A%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_unix.so%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_localuser.so%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_succeed_if.so%20uid%20%3C%201000%20quiet%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20%5Bdefault%3Dbad%20success%3Dok%20user_unknown%3Dignore%5D%20pam_sss.so%0Aaccount%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_permit.so%0A%0Apassword%20%20%20%20requisite%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_pwquality.so%20try_first_pass%20local_users_only%0Apassword%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_unix.so%20sha512%20shadow%20try_first_pass%20use_authtok%0Apassword%20%20%20%20sufficient%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_sss.so%20use_authtok%0Apassword%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_deny.so%0A%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20optional%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_keyinit.so%20revoke%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_limits.so%0A-session%20%20%20%20optional%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_systemd.so%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20%5Bsuccess%3D1%20default%3Dignore%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_succeed_if.so%20service%20in%20crond%20quiet%20use_uid%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20required%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_unix.so%0Asession%20%20%20%20%20optional%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pam_sss.so%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
overwrite: true
|
Restrict Root Logins
[ref]groupDirect root logins should be allowed only for emergency use.
In normal situations, the administrator should access the system
via a unique unprivileged account, and then use su or sudo to execute
privileged commands. Discouraging administrators from accessing the
root account directly ensures an audit trail in organizations with
multiple administrators. Locking down the channels through which
root can connect directly also reduces opportunities for
password-guessing against the root account. The login program
uses the file /etc/securetty to determine which interfaces
should allow root logins.
The virtual devices /dev/console
and /dev/tty* represent the system consoles (accessible via
the Ctrl-Alt-F1 through Ctrl-Alt-F6 keyboard sequences on a default
installation). The default securetty file also contains /dev/vc/* .
These are likely to be deprecated in most environments, but may be retained
for compatibility. Root should also be prohibited from connecting
via network protocols. Other sections of this document
include guidance describing how to prevent root from logging in via SSH. |
contains 2 rules |
Verify Only Root Has UID 0
[ref]ruleIf any account other than root has a UID of 0, this misconfiguration should
be investigated and the accounts other than root should be removed or have
their UID changed.
If the account is associated with system commands or applications the UID
should be changed to one greater than "0" but less than "1000."
Otherwise assign a UID greater than "1000" that has not already been
assigned. Rationale:An account has root authority if it has a UID of 0. Multiple accounts
with a UID of 0 afford more opportunity for potential intruders to
guess a password for a privileged account. Proper configuration of
sudo is recommended to afford multiple system administrators
access to root privileges in an accountable manner. Identifiers:
CCE-82054-8 References:
1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.02, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.1.1, 3.1.5, CCI-000366, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, IA-2, AC-6(5), IA-4(b), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.DS-5, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, RHEL-07-020310, 6.2.9, SV-204462r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: get all /etc/passwd file entries
getent:
database: passwd
split: ':'
tags:
- CCE-82054-8
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020310
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(5)
- NIST-800-53-IA-2
- NIST-800-53-IA-4(b)
- accounts_no_uid_except_zero
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: lock the password of the user accounts other than root with uid 0
command: passwd -l {{ item.key }}
loop: '{{ getent_passwd | dict2items | rejectattr(''key'', ''search'', ''root'')
| list }}'
when: item.value.1 == '0'
tags:
- CCE-82054-8
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020310
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(5)
- NIST-800-53-IA-2
- NIST-800-53-IA-4(b)
- accounts_no_uid_except_zero
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
awk -F: '$3 == 0 && $1 != "root" { print $1 }' /etc/passwd | xargs --no-run-if-empty --max-lines=1 passwd -l
|
Ensure that System Accounts Do Not Run a Shell Upon Login
[ref]ruleSome accounts are not associated with a human user of the system, and exist to
perform some administrative function. Should an attacker be able to log into
these accounts, they should not be granted access to a shell.
The login shell for each local account is stored in the last field of each line
in /etc/passwd . System accounts are those user accounts with a user ID
less than UID_MIN, where value of UID_MIN directive is set in
/etc/login.defs configuration file. In the default configuration UID_MIN is set
to 1000, thus system accounts are those user accounts with a user ID less than
1000. The user ID is stored in the third field. If any system account
SYSACCT (other than root) has a login shell, disable it with the
command: $ sudo usermod -s /sbin/nologin SYSACCT Warning:
Do not perform the steps in this section on the root account. Doing so might
cause the system to become inaccessible. Rationale:Ensuring shells are not given to system accounts upon login makes it more
difficult for attackers to make use of system accounts. Identifiers:
CCE-82015-9 References:
1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 7, 8, DSS01.03, DSS03.05, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS06.03, CCI-000366, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 6.2, 1491, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, AC-6, CM-6(a), CM-6(b), CM-6.1(iv), DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, 5.5.2 |
System Accounting with auditd
[ref]groupThe 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 system logins, account modifications, and authentication
events performed by programs such as sudo.
Under its default configuration, auditd has modest disk space
requirements, and should not noticeably impact system performance.
NOTE: The Linux Audit daemon auditd can be configured to use
the augenrules program to read audit rules files (*.rules )
located in /etc/audit/rules.d location and compile them to create
the resulting form of the /etc/audit/audit.rules configuration file
during the daemon startup (default configuration). Alternatively, the auditd
daemon can use the auditctl utility to read audit rules from the
/etc/audit/audit.rules configuration file during daemon startup,
and load them into the kernel. The expected behavior is configured via the
appropriate ExecStartPost directive setting in the
/usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service configuration file.
To instruct the auditd daemon to use the augenrules program
to read audit rules (default configuration), use the following setting:
ExecStartPost=-/sbin/augenrules --load
in the /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service configuration file.
In order to instruct the auditd daemon to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules, use the following setting:
ExecStartPost=-/sbin/auditctl -R /etc/audit/audit.rules
in the /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service configuration file.
Refer to [Service] section of the /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service
configuration file for further details.
Government networks often have substantial auditing
requirements and auditd can be configured to meet these
requirements.
Examining some example audit records demonstrates how the Linux audit system
satisfies common requirements.
The following example from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Documentation available at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/selinux_users_and_administrators_guide/index#sect-Security-Enhanced_Linux-Fixing_Problems-Raw_Audit_Messages
shows the substantial amount of information captured in a
two typical "raw" audit messages, followed by a breakdown of the most important
fields. In this example the message is SELinux-related and reports an AVC
denial (and the associated system call) that occurred when the Apache HTTP
Server attempted to access the /var/www/html/file1 file (labeled with
the samba_share_t type):
type=AVC msg=audit(1226874073.147:96): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=2465 comm="httpd"
path="/var/www/html/file1" dev=dm-0 ino=284133 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0
tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:samba_share_t:s0 tclass=file
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1226874073.147:96): arch=40000003 syscall=196 success=no exit=-13
a0=b98df198 a1=bfec85dc a2=54dff4 a3=2008171 items=0 ppid=2463 pid=2465 auid=502 uid=48
gid=48 euid=48 suid=48 fsuid=48 egid=48 sgid=48 fsgid=48 tty=(none) ses=6 comm="httpd"
exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" subj=unconfined_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0 key=(null)
msg=audit(1226874073.147:96) - The number in parentheses is the unformatted time stamp (Epoch time)
for the event, which can be converted to standard time by using the
date command.
{ getattr } - The item in braces indicates the permission that was denied.
getattr
indicates the source process was trying to read the target file's status information.
This occurs before reading files. This action is denied due to the file being
accessed having the wrong label. Commonly seen permissions include getattr ,
read , and write .
comm="httpd" - The executable that launched the process. The full path of the executable is
found in the
exe= section of the system call (SYSCALL ) message,
which in this case, is exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" .
path="/var/www/html/file1" - The path to the object (target) the process attempted to access.
scontext="unconfined_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0" - The SELinux context of the process that attempted the denied action. In
this case, it is the SELinux context of the Apache HTTP Server, which is running
in the
httpd_t domain.
tcontext="unconfined_u:object_r:samba_share_t:s0" - The SELinux context of the object (target) the process attempted to access.
In this case, it is the SELinux context of
file1 . Note: the samba_share_t
type is not accessible to processes running in the httpd_t domain.
- From the system call (
SYSCALL ) message, two items are of interest:
success=no : indicates whether the denial (AVC) was enforced or not.
success=no indicates the system call was not successful (SELinux denied
access). success=yes indicates the system call was successful - this can
be seen for permissive domains or unconfined domains, such as initrc_t
and kernel_t .
exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" : the full path to the executable that launched
the process, which in this case, is exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" .
|
contains 1 rule |
Configure auditd Rules for Comprehensive Auditing
[ref]groupThe auditd program can perform comprehensive
monitoring of system activity. This section describes recommended
configuration settings for comprehensive auditing, but a full
description of the auditing system's capabilities is beyond the
scope of this guide. The mailing list linux-audit@redhat.com exists
to facilitate community discussion of the auditing system.
The audit subsystem supports extensive collection of events, including:
- Tracing of arbitrary system calls (identified by name or number)
on entry or exit.
- Filtering by PID, UID, call success, system call argument (with
some limitations), etc.
- Monitoring of specific files for modifications to the file's
contents or metadata.
Auditing rules at startup are controlled by the file /etc/audit/audit.rules .
Add rules to it to meet the auditing requirements for your organization.
Each line in /etc/audit/audit.rules represents a series of arguments
that can be passed to auditctl and can be individually tested
during runtime. See documentation in /usr/share/doc/audit-VERSION and
in the related man pages for more details.
If copying any example audit rulesets from /usr/share/doc/audit-VERSION ,
be sure to comment out the
lines containing arch= which are not appropriate for your system's
architecture. Then review and understand the following rules,
ensuring rules are activated as needed for the appropriate
architecture.
After reviewing all the rules, reading the following sections, and
editing as needed, the new rules can be activated as follows:
$ sudo service auditd restart |
contains 1 rule |
System Audit Logs Must Have Mode 0640 or Less Permissive
[ref]ruleIf log_group in /etc/audit/auditd.conf is set to a group other than the root
group account, change the mode of the audit log files with the following command:
$ sudo chmod 0640 audit_file
Otherwise, change the mode of the audit log files with the following command:
$ sudo chmod 0600 audit_file Rationale:If users can write to audit logs, audit trails can be modified or destroyed. Identifiers:
CCE-27205-4 References:
1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 5.4.1.1, APO01.06, APO11.04, APO12.06, BAI03.05, BAI08.02, DSS02.02, DSS02.04, DSS02.07, DSS03.01, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, MEA02.01, 3.3.1, CCI-000162, CCI-000163, CCI-000164, CCI-001314, 4.2.3.10, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.3.4.5.6, 4.3.4.5.7, 4.3.4.5.8, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 2.1, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 5.2, SR 6.1, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.16.1.4, A.16.1.5, A.16.1.7, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), AU-9(4), DE.AE-3, DE.AE-5, PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, PR.PT-1, RS.AN-1, RS.AN-4, Req-10.5, SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029, SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084, RHEL-07-910055, SV-228564r606407_rule Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q audit; then
if LC_ALL=C grep -iw log_file /etc/audit/auditd.conf; then
FILE=$(awk -F "=" '/^log_file/ {print $2}' /etc/audit/auditd.conf | tr -d ' ')
else
FILE="/var/log/audit/audit.log"
fi
if LC_ALL=C grep -m 1 -q ^log_group /etc/audit/auditd.conf; then
GROUP=$(awk -F "=" '/log_group/ {print $2}' /etc/audit/auditd.conf | tr -d ' ')
if ! [ "${GROUP}" == 'root' ] ; then
chmod 0640 $FILE
chmod 0440 $FILE.*
else
chmod 0600 $FILE
chmod 0400 $FILE.*
fi
else
chmod 0600 $FILE
chmod 0400 $FILE.*
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
GRUB2 bootloader configuration
[ref]groupDuring the boot process, the boot loader is
responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing
options to it. The boot loader allows for the selection of
different kernels - possibly on different partitions or media.
The default Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 boot loader for x86 systems is called GRUB2.
Options it can pass to the kernel include single-user mode, which
provides root access without any authentication, and the ability to
disable SELinux. To prevent local users from modifying the boot
parameters and endangering security, protect the boot loader configuration
with a password and ensure its configuration file's permissions
are set properly. |
contains 4 rules |
Non-UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration
[ref]groupNon-UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration |
contains 4 rules |
Verify /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Group Ownership
[ref]ruleThe file /boot/grub2/grub.cfg should
be group-owned by the root group to prevent
destruction or modification of the file.
To properly set the group owner of /boot/grub2/grub.cfg , run the command:
$ sudo chgrp root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Rationale:The root group is a highly-privileged group. Furthermore, the group-owner of this
file should not have any access privileges anyway. Identifiers:
CCE-82023-3 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 3.4.5, CCI-000225, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B), 164.308(a)(7)(i), 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A), 164.310(a)(1), 164.310(a)(2)(i), 164.310(a)(2)(ii), 164.310(a)(2)(iii), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.310(d)(1), 164.310(d)(2)(iii), 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-7.1, 1.4.2 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
stat:
path: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
register: file_exists
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-82023-3
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-171-3.4.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-7.1
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_grub2_cfg
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure group owner 0 on /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
file:
path: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
group: '0'
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82023-3
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-171-3.4.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-7.1
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_grub2_cfg
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
chgrp 0 /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Verify /boot/grub2/grub.cfg User Ownership
[ref]ruleThe file /boot/grub2/grub.cfg should
be owned by the root user to prevent destruction
or modification of the file.
To properly set the owner of /boot/grub2/grub.cfg , run the command:
$ sudo chown root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Rationale:Only root should be able to modify important boot parameters. Identifiers:
CCE-82026-6 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 3.4.5, CCI-000225, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B), 164.308(a)(7)(i), 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A), 164.310(a)(1), 164.310(a)(2)(i), 164.310(a)(2)(ii), 164.310(a)(2)(iii), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.310(d)(1), 164.310(d)(2)(iii), 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-7.1, 1.4.2 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
stat:
path: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
register: file_exists
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-82026-6
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-171-3.4.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-7.1
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_grub2_cfg
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner 0 on /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
file:
path: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
owner: '0'
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82026-6
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-171-3.4.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-7.1
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_grub2_cfg
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
chown 0 /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Verify /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Permissions
[ref]ruleFile permissions for /boot/grub2/grub.cfg should be set to 600.
To properly set the permissions of /boot/grub2/grub.cfg , run the command:
$ sudo chmod 600 /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Rationale:Proper permissions ensure that only the root user can modify important boot
parameters. Identifiers:
CCE-82039-9 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 3.4.5, CCI-000225, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B), 164.308(a)(7)(i), 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A), 164.310(a)(1), 164.310(a)(2)(i), 164.310(a)(2)(ii), 164.310(a)(2)(iii), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.310(d)(1), 164.310(d)(2)(iii), 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, 1.4.2 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
stat:
path: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
register: file_exists
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-82039-9
- NIST-800-171-3.4.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_grub2_cfg
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure permission u-xs,g-xwrs,o-xwrt on /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
file:
path: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
mode: u-xs,g-xwrs,o-xwrt
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82039-9
- NIST-800-171-3.4.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_grub2_cfg
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
chmod u-xs,g-xwrs,o-xwrt /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Set Boot Loader Password in grub2
[ref]ruleThe grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password
protection enabled to protect boot-time settings.
Since plaintext passwords are a security risk, generate a hash for the password
by running the following command:
# grub2-setpassword
When prompted, enter the password that was selected.
Warning:
To prevent hard-coded passwords, automatic remediation of this control is not available. Remediation
must be automated as a component of machine provisioning, or followed manually as outlined above.
Also, do NOT manually add the superuser account and password to the
grub.cfg file as the grub2-mkconfig command overwrites this file. Rationale:Password protection on the boot loader configuration ensures
users with physical access cannot trivially alter
important bootloader settings. These include which kernel to use,
and whether to enter single-user mode. Identifiers:
CCE-27309-4 References:
BP28(R17), 1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, DSS05.02, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.06, DSS06.10, 3.4.5, CCI-000213, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B), 164.308(a)(7)(i), 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A), 164.310(a)(1), 164.310(a)(2)(i), 164.310(a)(2)(ii), 164.310(a)(2)(iii), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.310(d)(1), 164.310(d)(2)(iii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.PT-3, FIA_UAU.1, SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, RHEL-07-010482, 1.4.1, SV-204438r744095_rule |
Network Configuration and Firewalls
[ref]groupMost systems must be connected to a network of some
sort, and this brings with it the substantial risk of network
attack. This section discusses the security impact of decisions
about networking which must be made when configuring a system.
This section also discusses firewalls, network access
controls, and other network security frameworks, which allow
system-level rules to be written that can limit an attackers' ability
to connect to your system. These rules can specify that network
traffic should be allowed or denied from certain IP addresses,
hosts, and networks. The rules can also specify which of the
system's network services are available to particular hosts or
networks. |
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firewalld
[ref]groupThe dynamic firewall daemon firewalld provides a
dynamically managed firewall with support for network “zones” to assign
a level of trust to a network and its associated connections and interfaces.
It has support for IPv4 and IPv6 firewall settings. It supports Ethernet
bridges and has a separation of runtime and permanent configuration options.
It also has an interface for services or applications to add firewall rules
directly.
A graphical configuration tool, firewall-config , is used to configure
firewalld , which in turn uses iptables tool to communicate
with Netfilter in the kernel which implements packet filtering.
The firewall service provided by firewalld is dynamic rather than
static because changes to the configuration can be made at anytime and are
immediately implemented. There is no need to save or apply the changes. No
unintended disruption of existing network connections occurs as no part of
the firewall has to be reloaded. |
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Inspect and Activate Default firewalld Rules
[ref]groupFirewalls can be used to separate networks into different zones
based on the level of trust the user has decided to place on the devices and
traffic within that network. NetworkManager informs firewalld to which
zone an interface belongs. An interface's assigned zone can be changed by
NetworkManager or via the firewall-config tool.
The zone settings in /etc/firewalld/ are a range of preset settings
which can be quickly applied to a network interface. These are the zones
provided by firewalld sorted according to the default trust level of the
zones from untrusted to trusted:
drop
Any incoming network packets are dropped, there is no
reply. Only outgoing network connections are possible. block
Any incoming network connections are rejected with an
icmp-host-prohibited message for IPv4 and icmp6-adm-prohibited
for IPv6. Only network connections initiated from within the system are
possible. public
For use in public areas. You do not trust the other
computers on the network to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming
connections are accepted. external
For use on external networks with masquerading enabled
especially for routers. You do not trust the other computers on the network to
not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted. dmz
For computers in your demilitarized zone that are
publicly-accessible with limited access to your internal network. Only selected
incoming connections are accepted. work
For use in work areas. You mostly trust the other computers
on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are
accepted. home
For use in home areas. You mostly trust the other computers
on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are
accepted. internal
For use on internal networks. You mostly trust the
other computers on the networks to not harm your computer. Only selected
incoming connections are accepted. trusted
All network connections are accepted.
It is possible to designate one of these zones to be the default zone. When
interface connections are added to NetworkManager , they are assigned
to the default zone. On installation, the default zone in firewalld is set to
be the public zone.
To find out all the settings of a zone, for example the public zone,
enter the following command as root:
# firewall-cmd --zone=public --list-all
Example output of this command might look like the following:
# firewall-cmd --zone=public --list-all
public
interfaces:
services: mdns dhcpv6-client ssh
ports:
forward-ports:
icmp-blocks: source-quench
To view the network zones currently active, enter the following command as root:
# firewall-cmd --get-service
The following listing displays the result of this command
on common Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 system:
# firewall-cmd --get-service
amanda-client bacula bacula-client dhcp dhcpv6 dhcpv6-client dns ftp
high-availability http https imaps ipp ipp-client ipsec kerberos kpasswd
ldap ldaps libvirt libvirt-tls mdns mountd ms-wbt mysql nfs ntp openvpn
pmcd pmproxy pmwebapi pmwebapis pop3s postgresql proxy-dhcp radius rpc-bind
samba samba-client smtp ssh telnet tftp tftp-client transmission-client
vnc-server wbem-https
Finally to view the network zones that will be active after the next firewalld
service reload, enter the following command as root:
# firewall-cmd --get-service --permanent |
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Verify firewalld Enabled
[ref]rule
The firewalld service can be enabled with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable firewalld.service Rationale:Access control methods provide the ability to enhance system security posture
by restricting services and known good IP addresses and address ranges. This
prevents connections from unknown hosts and protocols. Identifiers:
CCE-80998-8 References:
11, 3, 9, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, 3.1.3, 3.4.7, CCI-000366, CCI-000382, CCI-002314, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 7.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, CIP-003-8 R4, CIP-003-8 R5, CIP-004-6 R3, AC-4, CM-7(b), CA-3(5), SC-7(21), CM-6(a), PR.IP-1, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050, SRG-OS-000297-GPOS-00115, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00231, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00232, RHEL-07-040520, 3.5.1.4, SV-204604r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | enable |
---|
- name: Enable service firewalld
block:
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
- name: Enable service firewalld
service:
name: firewalld
enabled: 'yes'
state: started
masked: 'no'
when:
- '"firewalld" in ansible_facts.packages'
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-80998-8
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-040520
- NIST-800-171-3.1.3
- NIST-800-171-3.4.7
- NIST-800-53-AC-4
- NIST-800-53-CA-3(5)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- NIST-800-53-SC-7(21)
- enable_strategy
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- service_firewalld_enabled
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | enable |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" unmask 'firewalld.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start 'firewalld.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" enable 'firewalld.service'
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Remediation Puppet snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | enable |
---|
include enable_firewalld
class enable_firewalld {
service {'firewalld':
enable => true,
ensure => 'running',
}
}
Remediation script: (show)
[customizations.services]
enabled = ["firewalld"]
|
Strengthen the Default Ruleset
[ref]groupThe default rules can be strengthened. The system
scripts that activate the firewall rules expect them to be defined
in configuration files under the /etc/firewalld/services
and /etc/firewalld/zones directories.
The following recommendations describe how to strengthen the
default ruleset configuration file. An alternative to editing this
configuration file is to create a shell script that makes calls to
the firewall-cmd program to load in rules under the /etc/firewalld/services
and /etc/firewalld/zones directories.
Instructions apply to both unless otherwise noted. Language and address
conventions for regular firewalld rules are used throughout this section. Warning:
The program firewall-config
allows additional services to penetrate the default firewall rules
and automatically adjusts the firewalld ruleset(s). |
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Set Default firewalld Zone for Incoming Packets
[ref]ruleTo set the default zone to drop for
the built-in default zone which processes incoming IPv4 and IPv6 packets,
modify the following line in
/etc/firewalld/firewalld.conf to be:
DefaultZone=drop Warning:
To prevent denying any access to the system, automatic remediation
of this control is not available. Remediation must be automated as
a component of machine provisioning, or followed manually as outlined
above. Rationale:In firewalld the default zone is applied only after all
the applicable rules in the table are examined for a match. Setting the
default zone to drop implements proper design for a firewall, i.e.
any packets which are not explicitly permitted should not be
accepted. Identifiers:
CCE-27349-0 References:
11, 14, 3, 9, 5.10.1, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.05, DSS06.06, 3.1.3, 3.4.7, 3.13.6, CCI-000366, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 7.6, 1416, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.9.1.2, CA-3(5), CM-7(b), SC-7(23), CM-6(a), PR.IP-1, PR.PT-3, FMT_MOF_EXT.1, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-040810, 3.5.1.5, SV-204628r603261_rule |
Uncommon Network Protocols
[ref]groupThe system includes support for several network protocols which are not commonly used.
Although security vulnerabilities in kernel networking code are not frequently discovered,
the consequences can be dramatic. Ensuring uncommon network protocols are disabled
reduces the system's risk to attacks targeted at its implementation of those protocols. Warning:
Although these protocols are not commonly used, avoid disruption
in your network environment by ensuring they are not needed
prior to disabling them. |
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Disable DCCP Support
[ref]ruleThe Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) is a
relatively new transport layer protocol, designed to support
streaming media and telephony.
To configure the system to prevent the dccp
kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf :
install dccp /bin/true Rationale:Disabling DCCP protects
the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation. Identifiers:
CCE-82024-1 References:
11, 14, 3, 9, 5.10.1, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.05, DSS06.06, 3.4.6, CCI-001958, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 7.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.9.1.2, CM-7(a), CM-7(b), CM-6(a), PR.IP-1, PR.PT-3, SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050, SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163, RHEL-07-020101, 3.4.1, SV-204450r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
- name: Ensure kernel module 'dccp' is disabled
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf
regexp: dccp
line: install dccp /bin/true
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-82024-1
- CJIS-5.10.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020101
- NIST-800-171-3.4.6
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- disable_strategy
- kernel_module_dccp_disabled
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 "^install dccp" /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf ; then
sed -i 's#^install dccp.*#install dccp /bin/true#g' /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf
else
echo -e "\n# Disable per security requirements" >> /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf
echo "install dccp /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Remediation script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
---
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
config:
ignition:
version: 3.1.0
storage:
files:
- contents:
source: data:,install%20dccp%20/bin/true%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/modprobe.d/75-kernel_module_dccp_disabled.conf
overwrite: true
|
Disable SCTP Support
[ref]ruleThe Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a
transport layer protocol, designed to support the idea of
message-oriented communication, with several streams of messages
within one connection.
To configure the system to prevent the sctp
kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf :
install sctp /bin/true Rationale:Disabling SCTP protects
the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation. Identifiers:
CCE-82044-9 References:
11, 14, 3, 9, 5.10.1, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.05, DSS06.06, 3.4.6, CCI-000381, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 7.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.9.1.2, CM-7(a), CM-7(b), CM-6(a), PR.IP-1, PR.PT-3, SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, 3.4.2 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
- name: Ensure kernel module 'sctp' is disabled
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
regexp: sctp
line: install sctp /bin/true
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-82044-9
- CJIS-5.10.1
- NIST-800-171-3.4.6
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- disable_strategy
- kernel_module_sctp_disabled
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 "^install sctp" /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf ; then
sed -i 's#^install sctp.*#install sctp /bin/true#g' /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
else
echo -e "\n# Disable per security requirements" >> /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
echo "install sctp /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Remediation script: (show)
---
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
config:
ignition:
version: 3.1.0
storage:
files:
- contents:
source: data:,install%20sctp%20/bin/true%0A
mode: 0644
path: /etc/modprobe.d/75-kernel_module_sctp_disabled.conf
overwrite: true
|
File Permissions and Masks
[ref]groupTraditional Unix security relies heavily on file and
directory permissions to prevent unauthorized users from reading or
modifying files to which they should not have access.
Several of the commands in this section search filesystems
for files or directories with certain characteristics, and are
intended to be run on every local partition on a given system.
When the variable PART appears in one of the commands below,
it means that the command is intended to be run repeatedly, with the
name of each local partition substituted for PART in turn.
The following command prints a list of all xfs partitions on the local
system, which is the default filesystem for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
installations:
$ mount -t xfs | awk '{print $3}'
For any systems that use a different
local filesystem type, modify this command as appropriate. |
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Verify Permissions on Important Files and
Directories
[ref]groupPermissions for many files on a system must be set
restrictively to ensure sensitive information is properly protected.
This section discusses important
permission restrictions which can be verified
to ensure that no harmful discrepancies have
arisen. |
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Verify Permissions on Files with Local Account Information and Credentials
[ref]groupThe default restrictive permissions for files which act as
important security databases such as passwd , shadow ,
group , and gshadow files must be maintained. Many utilities
need read access to the passwd file in order to function properly, but
read access to the shadow file allows malicious attacks against system
passwords, and should never be enabled. |
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Verify Group Who Owns group File
[ref]rule To properly set the group owner of /etc/group , run the command: $ sudo chgrp root /etc/group Rationale:The /etc/group file contains information regarding groups that are configured
on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-82037-3 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-8.7.c, 6.1.8 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/group
stat:
path: /etc/group
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82037-3
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_etc_group
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure group owner 0 on /etc/group
file:
path: /etc/group
group: '0'
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82037-3
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_etc_group
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | configure |
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chgrp 0 /etc/group
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Verify Group Who Owns gshadow File
[ref]rule To properly set the group owner of /etc/gshadow , run the command: $ sudo chgrp root /etc/gshadow Rationale:The /etc/gshadow file contains group password hashes. Protection of this file
is critical for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-82025-8 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, 6.1.7 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | configure |
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- name: Test for existence /etc/gshadow
stat:
path: /etc/gshadow
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82025-8
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_etc_gshadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure group owner 0 on /etc/gshadow
file:
path: /etc/gshadow
group: '0'
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82025-8
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_etc_gshadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chgrp 0 /etc/gshadow
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Verify Group Who Owns passwd File
[ref]rule To properly set the group owner of /etc/passwd , run the command: $ sudo chgrp root /etc/passwd Rationale:The /etc/passwd file contains information about the users that are configured on
the system. Protection of this file is critical for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-26639-5 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-8.7.c, 6.1.2 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/passwd
stat:
path: /etc/passwd
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-26639-5
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_etc_passwd
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure group owner 0 on /etc/passwd
file:
path: /etc/passwd
group: '0'
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-26639-5
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_etc_passwd
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chgrp 0 /etc/passwd
|
Verify Group Who Owns shadow File
[ref]rule To properly set the group owner of /etc/shadow , run the command: $ sudo chgrp root /etc/shadow Rationale:The /etc/shadow file stores password hashes. Protection of this file is
critical for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-82051-4 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-8.7.c, 6.1.4 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/shadow
stat:
path: /etc/shadow
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82051-4
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_etc_shadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure group owner 0 on /etc/shadow
file:
path: /etc/shadow
group: '0'
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82051-4
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_groupowner_etc_shadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chgrp 0 /etc/shadow
|
Verify User Who Owns group File
[ref]rule To properly set the owner of /etc/group , run the command: $ sudo chown root /etc/group Rationale:The /etc/group file contains information regarding groups that are configured
on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-82031-6 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-8.7.c, 6.1.8 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/group
stat:
path: /etc/group
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82031-6
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_group
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner 0 on /etc/group
file:
path: /etc/group
owner: '0'
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82031-6
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_group
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chown 0 /etc/group
|
Verify User Who Owns gshadow File
[ref]rule To properly set the owner of /etc/gshadow , run the command: $ sudo chown root /etc/gshadow Rationale:The /etc/gshadow file contains group password hashes. Protection of this file
is critical for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-82195-9 References:
BP28(R36), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, 6.1.7 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/gshadow
stat:
path: /etc/gshadow
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82195-9
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_gshadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner 0 on /etc/gshadow
file:
path: /etc/gshadow
owner: '0'
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82195-9
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_gshadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chown 0 /etc/gshadow
|
Verify User Who Owns passwd File
[ref]rule To properly set the owner of /etc/passwd , run the command: $ sudo chown root /etc/passwd Rationale:The /etc/passwd file contains information about the users that are configured on
the system. Protection of this file is critical for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-82052-2 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-8.7.c, 6.1.2 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/passwd
stat:
path: /etc/passwd
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82052-2
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_passwd
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner 0 on /etc/passwd
file:
path: /etc/passwd
owner: '0'
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82052-2
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_passwd
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chown 0 /etc/passwd
|
Verify User Who Owns shadow File
[ref]rule To properly set the owner of /etc/shadow , run the command: $ sudo chown root /etc/shadow Rationale:The /etc/shadow file contains the list of local
system accounts and stores password hashes. Protection of this file is
critical for system security. Failure to give ownership of this file
to root provides the designated owner with access to sensitive information
which could weaken the system security posture. Identifiers:
CCE-82022-5 References:
BP28(R36), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-8.7.c, 6.1.4 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/shadow
stat:
path: /etc/shadow
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82022-5
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_shadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner 0 on /etc/shadow
file:
path: /etc/shadow
owner: '0'
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82022-5
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_owner_etc_shadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chown 0 /etc/shadow
|
Verify Permissions on group File
[ref]rule
To properly set the permissions of /etc/passwd , run the command:
$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/passwd Rationale:The /etc/group file contains information regarding groups that are configured
on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-82032-4 References:
BP28(R36), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-8.7.c, 6.1.8 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/group
stat:
path: /etc/group
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82032-4
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_etc_group
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure permission u-xs,g-xws,o-xwt on /etc/group
file:
path: /etc/group
mode: u-xs,g-xws,o-xwt
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82032-4
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_etc_group
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chmod u-xs,g-xws,o-xwt /etc/group
|
Verify Permissions on gshadow File
[ref]rule
To properly set the permissions of /etc/gshadow , run the command:
$ sudo chmod 0000 /etc/gshadow Rationale:The /etc/gshadow file contains group password hashes. Protection of this file
is critical for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-82192-6 References:
BP28(R36), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, 6.1.7 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/gshadow
stat:
path: /etc/gshadow
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82192-6
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_etc_gshadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure permission u-xwrs,g-xwrs,o-xwrt on /etc/gshadow
file:
path: /etc/gshadow
mode: u-xwrs,g-xwrs,o-xwrt
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82192-6
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_etc_gshadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chmod u-xwrs,g-xwrs,o-xwrt /etc/gshadow
|
Verify Permissions on passwd File
[ref]rule
To properly set the permissions of /etc/passwd , run the command:
$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/passwd Rationale:If the /etc/passwd file is writable by a group-owner or the
world the risk of its compromise is increased. The file contains the list of
accounts on the system and associated information, and protection of this file
is critical for system security. Identifiers:
CCE-82029-0 References:
BP28(R36), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-8.7.c, 6.1.2 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/passwd
stat:
path: /etc/passwd
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82029-0
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_etc_passwd
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure permission u-xs,g-xws,o-xwt on /etc/passwd
file:
path: /etc/passwd
mode: u-xs,g-xws,o-xwt
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82029-0
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_etc_passwd
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chmod u-xs,g-xws,o-xwt /etc/passwd
|
Verify Permissions on shadow File
[ref]rule
To properly set the permissions of /etc/shadow , run the command:
$ sudo chmod 0000 /etc/shadow Rationale:The /etc/shadow file contains the list of local
system accounts and stores password hashes. Protection of this file is
critical for system security. Failure to give ownership of this file
to root provides the designated owner with access to sensitive information
which could weaken the system security posture. Identifiers:
CCE-82042-3 References:
BP28(R36), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.2.2, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, Req-8.7.c, 6.1.4 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Test for existence /etc/shadow
stat:
path: /etc/shadow
register: file_exists
tags:
- CCE-82042-3
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_etc_shadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure permission u-xwrs,g-xwrs,o-xwrt on /etc/shadow
file:
path: /etc/shadow
mode: u-xwrs,g-xwrs,o-xwrt
when: file_exists.stat is defined and file_exists.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-82042-3
- CJIS-5.5.2.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.7.c
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_etc_shadow
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
chmod u-xwrs,g-xwrs,o-xwrt /etc/shadow
|
Verify File Permissions Within Some Important Directories
[ref]groupSome directories contain files whose confidentiality or integrity
is notably important and may also be susceptible to misconfiguration over time, particularly if
unpackaged software is installed. As such,
an argument exists to verify that files' permissions within these directories remain
configured correctly and restrictively. |
contains 4 rules |
Verify that System Executables Have Root Ownership
[ref]ruleSystem executables are stored in the following directories by default:
/bin
/sbin
/usr/bin
/usr/libexec
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/sbin
/usr/sbin
All files in these directories should be owned by the root user.
If any file FILE in these directories is found
to be owned by a user other than root, correct its ownership with the
following command:
$ sudo chown root FILE Rationale:System binaries are executed by privileged users as well as system services,
and restrictive permissions are necessary to ensure that their
execution of these programs cannot be co-opted. Identifiers:
CCE-82048-0 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, CCI-001499, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-5(6), CM-5(6).1, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | medium |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Read list of system executables without root ownership
command: find /bin/ /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin/ /sbin/ /usr/sbin/ /usr/local/sbin/
/usr/libexec \! -user root
register: no_root_system_executables
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82048-0
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- file_ownership_binary_dirs
- medium_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set ownership to root of system executables
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
owner: root
with_items: '{{ no_root_system_executables.stdout_lines }}'
when: no_root_system_executables.stdout_lines | length > 0
tags:
- CCE-82048-0
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- file_ownership_binary_dirs
- medium_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
find /bin/ \
/usr/bin/ \
/usr/local/bin/ \
/sbin/ \
/usr/sbin/ \
/usr/local/sbin/ \
/usr/libexec \
\! -user root -execdir chown root {} \;
|
Verify that Shared Library Files Have Root Ownership
[ref]ruleSystem-wide shared library files, which are linked to executables
during process load time or run time, are stored in the following directories
by default:
/lib
/lib64
/usr/lib
/usr/lib64
Kernel modules, which can be added to the kernel during runtime, are also
stored in /lib/modules . All files in these directories should be
owned by the root user. If the directory, or any file in these
directories, is found to be owned by a user other than root correct its
ownership with the following command:
$ sudo chown root FILE Rationale:Files from shared library directories are loaded into the address
space of processes (including privileged ones) or of the kernel itself at
runtime. Proper ownership is necessary to protect the integrity of the system. Identifiers:
CCE-82021-7 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, CCI-001499, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-5(6), CM-5(6).1, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Find /lib/ file(s) matching ^.*$ recursively
command: find -H /lib/ -type f ! -uid 0 -regex "^.*$"
register: files_found
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82021-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_ownership_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner on /lib/ file(s) matching ^.*$
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
owner: '0'
state: file
with_items:
- '{{ files_found.stdout_lines }}'
tags:
- CCE-82021-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_ownership_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Find /lib64/ file(s) matching ^.*$ recursively
command: find -H /lib64/ -type f ! -uid 0 -regex "^.*$"
register: files_found
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82021-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_ownership_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner on /lib64/ file(s) matching ^.*$
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
owner: '0'
state: file
with_items:
- '{{ files_found.stdout_lines }}'
tags:
- CCE-82021-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_ownership_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Find /usr/lib/ file(s) matching ^.*$ recursively
command: find -H /usr/lib/ -type f ! -uid 0 -regex "^.*$"
register: files_found
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82021-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_ownership_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner on /usr/lib/ file(s) matching ^.*$
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
owner: '0'
state: file
with_items:
- '{{ files_found.stdout_lines }}'
tags:
- CCE-82021-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_ownership_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Find /usr/lib64/ file(s) matching ^.*$ recursively
command: find -H /usr/lib64/ -type f ! -uid 0 -regex "^.*$"
register: files_found
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82021-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_ownership_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure owner on /usr/lib64/ file(s) matching ^.*$
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
owner: '0'
state: file
with_items:
- '{{ files_found.stdout_lines }}'
tags:
- CCE-82021-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_ownership_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
find /lib/ -type f ! -uid 0 -regex '^.*$' -exec chown 0 {} \;
find /lib64/ -type f ! -uid 0 -regex '^.*$' -exec chown 0 {} \;
find /usr/lib/ -type f ! -uid 0 -regex '^.*$' -exec chown 0 {} \;
find /usr/lib64/ -type f ! -uid 0 -regex '^.*$' -exec chown 0 {} \;
|
Verify that System Executables Have Restrictive Permissions
[ref]ruleSystem executables are stored in the following directories by default:
/bin
/sbin
/usr/bin
/usr/libexec
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/sbin
/usr/sbin
All files in these directories should not be group-writable or world-writable.
If any file FILE in these directories is found
to be group-writable or world-writable, correct its permission with the
following command:
$ sudo chmod go-w FILE Rationale:System binaries are executed by privileged users, as well as system services,
and restrictive permissions are necessary to ensure execution of these programs
cannot be co-opted. Identifiers:
CCE-82040-7 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, CCI-001499, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-5(6), CM-5(6).1, CM-6(a), AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | medium |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Read list of world and group writable system executables
command: find /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/local/sbin /usr/libexec
-perm /022 -type f
register: world_writable_library_files
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82040-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- file_permissions_binary_dirs
- medium_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Remove world/group writability of system executables
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
mode: go-w
with_items: '{{ world_writable_library_files.stdout_lines }}'
when: world_writable_library_files.stdout_lines | length > 0
tags:
- CCE-82040-7
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- file_permissions_binary_dirs
- medium_complexity
- medium_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
DIRS="/bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/local/sbin /usr/libexec"
for dirPath in $DIRS; do
find "$dirPath" -perm /022 -exec chmod go-w '{}' \;
done
|
Verify that Shared Library Files Have Restrictive Permissions
[ref]ruleSystem-wide shared library files, which are linked to executables
during process load time or run time, are stored in the following directories
by default:
/lib
/lib64
/usr/lib
/usr/lib64
Kernel modules, which can be added to the kernel during runtime, are
stored in /lib/modules . All files in these directories
should not be group-writable or world-writable. If any file in these
directories is found to be group-writable or world-writable, correct
its permission with the following command:
$ sudo chmod go-w FILE Rationale:Files from shared library directories are loaded into the address
space of processes (including privileged ones) or of the kernel itself at
runtime. Restrictive permissions are necessary to protect the integrity of the system. Identifiers:
CCE-82033-2 References:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, APO01.06, DSS05.04, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, CCI-001499, 4.3.3.7.3, SR 2.1, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CM-6(a), CM-5(6), CM-5(6).1, AC-6(1), PR.AC-4, PR.DS-5, SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Find /lib/ file(s) recursively
command: find -H /lib/ -perm /g+w,o+w -type f -regex "^.*$"
register: files_found
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82033-2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Set permissions for /lib/ file(s)
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
mode: g-w,o-w
state: file
with_items:
- '{{ files_found.stdout_lines }}'
tags:
- CCE-82033-2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Find /lib64/ file(s) recursively
command: find -H /lib64/ -perm /g+w,o+w -type f -regex "^.*$"
register: files_found
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82033-2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Set permissions for /lib64/ file(s)
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
mode: g-w,o-w
state: file
with_items:
- '{{ files_found.stdout_lines }}'
tags:
- CCE-82033-2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Find /usr/lib/ file(s) recursively
command: find -H /usr/lib/ -perm /g+w,o+w -type f -regex "^.*$"
register: files_found
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82033-2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Set permissions for /usr/lib/ file(s)
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
mode: g-w,o-w
state: file
with_items:
- '{{ files_found.stdout_lines }}'
tags:
- CCE-82033-2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Find /usr/lib64/ file(s) recursively
command: find -H /usr/lib64/ -perm /g+w,o+w -type f -regex "^.*$"
register: files_found
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
check_mode: false
tags:
- CCE-82033-2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Set permissions for /usr/lib64/ file(s)
file:
path: '{{ item }}'
mode: g-w,o-w
state: file
with_items:
- '{{ files_found.stdout_lines }}'
tags:
- CCE-82033-2
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(6).1
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- configure_strategy
- file_permissions_library_dirs
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
find -H /lib/ -perm /g+w,o+w -type f -regex '^.*$' -exec chmod g-w,o-w {} \;
find -H /lib64/ -perm /g+w,o+w -type f -regex '^.*$' -exec chmod g-w,o-w {} \;
find -H /usr/lib/ -perm /g+w,o+w -type f -regex '^.*$' -exec chmod g-w,o-w {} \;
find -H /usr/lib64/ -perm /g+w,o+w -type f -regex '^.*$' -exec chmod g-w,o-w {} \;
|
SELinux
[ref]groupSELinux is a feature of the Linux kernel which can be
used to guard against misconfigured or compromised programs.
SELinux enforces the idea that programs should be limited in what
files they can access and what actions they can take.
The default SELinux policy, as configured on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, has been
sufficiently developed and debugged that it should be usable on
almost any system with minimal configuration and a small
amount of system administrator training. This policy prevents
system services - including most of the common network-visible
services such as mail servers, FTP servers, and DNS servers - from
accessing files which those services have no valid reason to
access. This action alone prevents a huge amount of possible damage
from network attacks against services, from trojaned software, and
so forth.
This guide recommends that SELinux be enabled using the
default (targeted) policy on every Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 system, unless that
system has unusual requirements which make a stronger policy
appropriate.
For more information on SELinux, see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/selinux_users_and_administrators_guide. |
contains 2 rules |
Configure SELinux Policy
[ref]ruleThe SELinux targeted policy is appropriate for
general-purpose desktops and servers, as well as systems in many other roles.
To configure the system to use this policy, add or correct the following line
in /etc/selinux/config :
SELINUXTYPE=targeted
Other policies, such as mls , provide additional security labeling
and greater confinement but are not compatible with many general-purpose
use cases.Rationale:Setting the SELinux policy to targeted or a more specialized policy
ensures the system will confine processes that are likely to be
targeted for exploitation, such as network or system services.
Note: During the development or debugging of SELinux modules, it is common to
temporarily place non-production systems in permissive mode. In such
temporary cases, SELinux policies should be developed, and once work
is completed, the system should be reconfigured to
targeted . Identifiers:
CCE-27279-9 References:
BP28(R66), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, APO01.06, APO11.04, APO13.01, BAI03.05, DSS01.05, DSS03.01, DSS05.02, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, DSS06.03, DSS06.06, MEA02.01, 3.1.2, 3.7.2, CCI-002165, CCI-002696, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3), 164.308(a)(4), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.312(a), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.4, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.4, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, 4.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.12.1.1, A.12.1.2, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.2, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.2, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.2, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-004-6 R3.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, CIP-007-3 R6.5, AC-3, AC-3(3)(a), AU-9, SC-7(21), DE.AE-1, ID.AM-3, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-5, PR.AC-6, PR.DS-5, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-3, PR.PT-4, SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199, SRG-OS-000445-VMM-001780, RHEL-07-020220, 1.6.1.3, SV-204454r754748_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: XCCDF Value var_selinux_policy_name # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_selinux_policy_name: !!str targeted
tags:
- always
- name: Configure SELinux Policy
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/selinux/config
create: false
regexp: ^SELINUXTYPE=
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/selinux/config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/selinux/config
create: false
regexp: ^SELINUXTYPE=
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/selinux/config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/selinux/config
create: true
regexp: ^SELINUXTYPE=
line: SELINUXTYPE={{ var_selinux_policy_name }}
state: present
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27279-9
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020220
- NIST-800-171-3.1.2
- NIST-800-171-3.7.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-3
- NIST-800-53-AC-3(3)(a)
- NIST-800-53-AU-9
- NIST-800-53-SC-7(21)
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- reboot_required
- restrict_strategy
- selinux_policytype
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
var_selinux_policy_name='targeted'
if [ -e "/etc/selinux/config" ] ; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i "/^SELINUXTYPE=/Id" "/etc/selinux/config"
else
touch "/etc/selinux/config"
fi
# make sure file has newline at the end
sed -i -e '$a\' "/etc/selinux/config"
cp "/etc/selinux/config" "/etc/selinux/config.bak"
# Insert at the end of the file
printf '%s\n' "SELINUXTYPE=$var_selinux_policy_name" >> "/etc/selinux/config"
# Clean up after ourselves.
rm "/etc/selinux/config.bak"
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Ensure SELinux State is Enforcing
[ref]ruleThe SELinux state should be set to enforcing at
system boot time. In the file /etc/selinux/config , add or correct the
following line to configure the system to boot into enforcing mode:
SELINUX=enforcing Rationale:Setting the SELinux state to enforcing ensures SELinux is able to confine
potentially compromised processes to the security policy, which is designed to
prevent them from causing damage to the system or further elevating their
privileges. Identifiers:
CCE-27334-2 References:
BP28(R4), BP28(R66), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, APO01.06, APO11.04, APO13.01, BAI03.05, DSS01.05, DSS03.01, DSS05.02, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, DSS06.03, DSS06.06, MEA02.01, 3.1.2, 3.7.2, CCI-002165, CCI-002696, 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D), 164.308(a)(3), 164.308(a)(4), 164.310(b), 164.310(c), 164.312(a), 164.312(e), 4.2.3.4, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.4, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, 4.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.12.1.1, A.12.1.2, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.2, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.2, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.2, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-004-6 R3.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, CIP-007-3 R6.5, AC-3, AC-3(3)(a), AU-9, SC-7(21), DE.AE-1, ID.AM-3, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-5, PR.AC-6, PR.DS-5, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-3, PR.PT-4, SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199, SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068, SRG-OS-000445-VMM-001780, RHEL-07-020210, 1.6.1.4, 1.6.1.5, SV-204453r754746_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: XCCDF Value var_selinux_state # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_selinux_state: !!str enforcing
tags:
- always
- name: Ensure SELinux State is Enforcing
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/selinux/config
create: false
regexp: ^SELINUX=
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/selinux/config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/selinux/config
create: false
regexp: ^SELINUX=
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/selinux/config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/selinux/config
create: true
regexp: ^SELINUX=
line: SELINUX={{ var_selinux_state }}
state: present
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27334-2
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020210
- NIST-800-171-3.1.2
- NIST-800-171-3.7.2
- NIST-800-53-AC-3
- NIST-800-53-AC-3(3)(a)
- NIST-800-53-AU-9
- NIST-800-53-SC-7(21)
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- selinux_state
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
var_selinux_state='enforcing'
if [ -e "/etc/selinux/config" ] ; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i "/^SELINUX=/Id" "/etc/selinux/config"
else
touch "/etc/selinux/config"
fi
# make sure file has newline at the end
sed -i -e '$a\' "/etc/selinux/config"
cp "/etc/selinux/config" "/etc/selinux/config.bak"
# Insert at the end of the file
printf '%s\n' "SELINUX=$var_selinux_state" >> "/etc/selinux/config"
# Clean up after ourselves.
rm "/etc/selinux/config.bak"
fixfiles onboot
fixfiles -f relabel
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Services
[ref]groupThe best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review
the software which Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 installs on a system and disable software which is not needed. It
then enumerates the software packages installed on a default Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 system and provides guidance about which
ones can be safely disabled.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 provides a convenient minimal install option that essentially installs the bare necessities for a functional
system. When building Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 systems, it is highly recommended to select the minimal packages and then build up
the system from there. |
contains 14 rules |
Base Services
[ref]groupThis section addresses the base services that are installed on a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 default installation which are not covered in other
sections. Some of these services listen on the network and
should be treated with particular discretion. Other services are local
system utilities that may or may not be extraneous. In general, system services
should be disabled if not required. |
contains 1 rule |
Disable Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (abrtd)
[ref]ruleThe Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (abrtd ) daemon collects
and reports crash data when an application crash is detected. Using a variety
of plugins, abrtd can email crash reports to system administrators, log crash
reports to files, or forward crash reports to a centralized issue tracking
system such as RHTSupport.
The abrtd service can be disabled with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl mask --now abrtd.service Rationale:Mishandling crash data could expose sensitive information about
vulnerabilities in software executing on the system, as well as sensitive
information from within a process's address space or registers. Identifiers:
CCE-82027-4 References:
11, 12, 14, 15, 3, 8, 9, APO13.01, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS01.04, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.05, DSS06.06, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, A.9.1.2, CM-7(a), CM-6(a), PR.AC-3, PR.IP-1, PR.PT-3, PR.PT-4 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
- name: Disable service abrtd
block:
- name: Disable service abrtd
systemd:
name: abrtd.service
enabled: 'no'
state: stopped
masked: 'yes'
ignore_errors: 'yes'
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-82027-4
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- disable_strategy
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- service_abrtd_disabled
- name: Unit Socket Exists - abrtd.socket
command: systemctl list-unit-files abrtd.socket
args:
warn: false
register: socket_file_exists
changed_when: false
ignore_errors: true
check_mode: false
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-82027-4
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- disable_strategy
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- service_abrtd_disabled
- name: Disable socket abrtd
systemd:
name: abrtd.socket
enabled: 'no'
state: stopped
masked: 'yes'
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- '"abrtd.socket" in socket_file_exists.stdout_lines[1]'
tags:
- CCE-82027-4
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- disable_strategy
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- service_abrtd_disabled
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'abrtd.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" disable 'abrtd.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask 'abrtd.service'
# Disable socket activation if we have a unit file for it
if "$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" list-unit-files | grep -q '^abrtd.socket'; then
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'abrtd.socket'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask 'abrtd.socket'
fi
# The service may not be running because it has been started and failed,
# so let's reset the state so OVAL checks pass.
# Service should be 'inactive', not 'failed' after reboot though.
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" reset-failed 'abrtd.service' || true
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Remediation script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
config:
ignition:
version: 3.1.0
systemd:
units:
- name: abrtd.service
enabled: false
mask: true
- name: abrtd.socket
enabled: false
mask: true
Remediation Puppet snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | enable |
---|
include disable_abrtd
class disable_abrtd {
service {'abrtd':
enable => false,
ensure => 'stopped',
}
}
Remediation script: (show)
[customizations.services]
disabled = ["abrtd"]
|
Obsolete Services
[ref]groupThis section discusses a number of network-visible
services which have historically caused problems for system
security, and for which disabling or severely limiting the service
has been the best available guidance for some time. As a result of
this, many of these services are not installed as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
by default.
Organizations which are running these services should
switch to more secure equivalents as soon as possible.
If it remains absolutely necessary to run one of
these services for legacy reasons, care should be taken to restrict
the service as much as possible, for instance by configuring host
firewall software such as firewalld to restrict access to the
vulnerable service to only those remote hosts which have a known
need to use it. |
contains 3 rules |
Telnet
[ref]groupThe telnet protocol does not provide confidentiality or integrity
for information transmitted on the network. This includes authentication
information such as passwords. Organizations which use telnet should be
actively working to migrate to a more secure protocol. |
contains 3 rules |
Uninstall telnet-server Package
[ref]ruleThe telnet-server package can be removed with the following command:
$ sudo yum erase telnet-server Rationale:It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default,
functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These
unnecessary capabilities are often overlooked and therefore may remain
unsecure. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional
attack vectors.
The telnet service provides an unencrypted remote access service which does
not provide for the confidentiality and integrity of user passwords or the
remote session. If a privileged user were to login using this service, the
privileged user password could be compromised.
Removing the telnet-server package decreases the risk of the
telnet service's accidental (or intentional) activation. Identifiers:
CCE-27165-0 References:
BP28(R1), 11, 12, 14, 15, 3, 8, 9, APO13.01, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS01.04, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.05, DSS06.06, CCI-000381, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, A.9.1.2, CM-7(a), CM-7(b), CM-6(a), PR.AC-3, PR.IP-1, PR.PT-3, PR.PT-4, SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, RHEL-07-021710, 2.2.15, SV-204502r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
- name: Ensure telnet-server is removed
package:
name: telnet-server
state: absent
tags:
- CCE-27165-0
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-021710
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- disable_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- package_telnet-server_removed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove telnet-server
# from the system, and may remove any packages
# that depend on telnet-server. Execute this
# remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
# system!
if rpm -q --quiet "telnet-server" ; then
yum remove -y "telnet-server"
fi
Remediation Anaconda snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
package --remove=telnet-server
Remediation Puppet snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
include remove_telnet-server
class remove_telnet-server {
package { 'telnet-server':
ensure => 'purged',
}
}
|
Remove telnet Clients
[ref]ruleThe telnet client allows users to start connections to other systems via
the telnet protocol. Rationale:The telnet protocol is insecure and unencrypted. The use
of an unencrypted transmission medium could allow an unauthorized user
to steal credentials. The ssh package provides an
encrypted session and stronger security and is included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Identifiers:
CCE-27305-2 References:
BP28(R1), 3.1.13, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), A.8.2.3, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, 2.3.4 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
- name: Ensure telnet is removed
package:
name: telnet
state: absent
tags:
- CCE-27305-2
- NIST-800-171-3.1.13
- disable_strategy
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- low_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- package_telnet_removed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove telnet
# from the system, and may remove any packages
# that depend on telnet. Execute this
# remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
# system!
if rpm -q --quiet "telnet" ; then
yum remove -y "telnet"
fi
Remediation Anaconda snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
package --remove=telnet
Remediation Puppet snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
include remove_telnet
class remove_telnet {
package { 'telnet':
ensure => 'purged',
}
}
|
Disable telnet Service
[ref]ruleThe telnet service configuration file /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
is not created automatically. If it was created manually, check the
/etc/xinetd.d/telnet file and ensure that disable = no
is changed to read disable = yes as follows below:
# description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \\
# unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = yes
}
If the /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file does not exist, make sure that
the activation of the telnet service on system boot is disabled
via the following command:
The rexec socket can be disabled with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl mask --now rexec.socket Rationale:The telnet protocol uses unencrypted network communication, which
means that data from the login session, including passwords and
all other information transmitted during the session, can be
stolen by eavesdroppers on the network. The telnet protocol is also
subject to man-in-the-middle attacks. Identifiers:
CCE-27401-9 References:
1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 3, 5, 8, 9, APO13.01, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS01.04, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.06, DSS06.10, 3.1.13, 3.4.7, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.18.1.4, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, CM-7(a), CM-7(b), CM-6(a), IA-5(1)(c), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-3, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.IP-1, PR.PT-3, PR.PT-4, 2.2.19 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
- name: Disable service telnet
block:
- name: Disable service telnet
systemd:
name: telnet.service
enabled: 'no'
state: stopped
masked: 'yes'
ignore_errors: 'yes'
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27401-9
- NIST-800-171-3.1.13
- NIST-800-171-3.4.7
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(c)
- disable_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- service_telnet_disabled
- name: Unit Socket Exists - telnet.socket
command: systemctl list-unit-files telnet.socket
args:
warn: false
register: socket_file_exists
changed_when: false
ignore_errors: true
check_mode: false
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27401-9
- NIST-800-171-3.1.13
- NIST-800-171-3.4.7
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(c)
- disable_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- service_telnet_disabled
- name: Disable socket telnet
systemd:
name: telnet.socket
enabled: 'no'
state: stopped
masked: 'yes'
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- '"telnet.socket" in socket_file_exists.stdout_lines[1]'
tags:
- CCE-27401-9
- NIST-800-171-3.1.13
- NIST-800-171-3.4.7
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(c)
- disable_strategy
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- service_telnet_disabled
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'telnet.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" disable 'telnet.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask 'telnet.service'
# Disable socket activation if we have a unit file for it
if "$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" list-unit-files | grep -q '^telnet.socket'; then
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'telnet.socket'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask 'telnet.socket'
fi
# The service may not be running because it has been started and failed,
# so let's reset the state so OVAL checks pass.
# Service should be 'inactive', not 'failed' after reboot though.
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" reset-failed 'telnet.service' || true
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Remediation script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | medium |
---|
Reboot: | true |
---|
Strategy: | disable |
---|
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
config:
ignition:
version: 3.1.0
systemd:
units:
- name: telnet.service
enabled: false
mask: true
- name: telnet.socket
enabled: false
mask: true
Remediation Puppet snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | enable |
---|
include disable_telnet
class disable_telnet {
service {'telnet':
enable => false,
ensure => 'stopped',
}
}
Remediation script: (show)
[customizations.services]
disabled = ["telnet"]
|
SSH Server
[ref]groupThe SSH protocol is recommended for remote login and
remote file transfer. SSH provides confidentiality and integrity
for data exchanged between two systems, as well as server
authentication, through the use of public key cryptography. The
implementation included with the system is called OpenSSH, and more
detailed documentation is available from its website,
https://www.openssh.com.
Its server program is called sshd and provided by the RPM package
openssh-server . |
contains 10 rules |
Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary
[ref]groupIf the system needs to act as an SSH server, then
certain changes should be made to the OpenSSH daemon configuration
file /etc/ssh/sshd_config . The following recommendations can be
applied to this file. See the sshd_config(5) man page for more
detailed information. |
contains 10 rules |
Set SSH Client Alive Count Max to zero
[ref]ruleThe SSH server sends at most ClientAliveCountMax messages
during a SSH session and waits for a response from the SSH client.
The option ClientAliveInterval configures timeout after
each ClientAliveCountMax message. If the SSH server does not
receive a response from the client, then the connection is considered idle
and terminated.
To ensure the SSH idle timeout occurs precisely when the
ClientAliveInterval is set, set the ClientAliveCountMax to
value of 0 in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config : Rationale:This ensures a user login will be terminated as soon as the ClientAliveInterval
is reached. Identifiers:
CCE-83399-6 References:
1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 7, 8, 5.5.6, APO13.01, BAI03.01, BAI03.02, BAI03.03, DSS01.03, DSS03.05, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.1.11, CCI-000879, CCI-001133, CCI-002361, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 6.2, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.3, A.14.1.1, A.14.2.1, A.14.2.5, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.6.1.5, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, AC-2(5), AC-12, AC-17(a), SC-10, CM-6(a), DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.IP-2, Req-8.1.8, SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072, SRG-OS-000279-GPOS-00109, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-040340, 5.2.12, SV-204589r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Set SSH Client Alive Count Max to zero
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*ClientAliveCountMax\s+
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*ClientAliveCountMax\s+
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: true
regexp: (?i)^\s*ClientAliveCountMax\s+
line: ClientAliveCountMax 0
state: present
insertbefore: ^[#\s]*Match
validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-83399-6
- CJIS-5.5.6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-040340
- NIST-800-171-3.1.11
- NIST-800-53-AC-12
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-AC-2(5)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SC-10
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.1.8
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- sshd_set_keepalive_0
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if [ -e "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" ] ; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i "/^\s*ClientAliveCountMax\s\+/Id" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
touch "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# make sure file has newline at the end
sed -i -e '$a\' "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
cp "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
# Insert before the line matching the regex '^Match'.
line_number="$(LC_ALL=C grep -n "^Match" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" | LC_ALL=C sed 's/:.*//g')"
if [ -z "$line_number" ]; then
# There was no match of '^Match', insert at
# the end of the file.
printf '%s\n' "ClientAliveCountMax 0" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
head -n "$(( line_number - 1 ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" > "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
printf '%s\n' "ClientAliveCountMax 0" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
tail -n "+$(( line_number ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# Clean up after ourselves.
rm "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Set SSH Idle Timeout Interval
[ref]ruleSSH allows administrators to set an idle timeout interval. After this interval
has passed, the idle user will be automatically logged out.
To set an idle timeout interval, edit the following line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config as
follows:
ClientAliveInterval 300
The timeout interval is given in seconds. For example, have a timeout
of 10 minutes, set interval to 600.
If a shorter timeout has already been set for the login shell, that value will
preempt any SSH setting made in /etc/ssh/sshd_config . Keep in mind that
some processes may stop SSH from correctly detecting that the user is idle.Warning:
SSH disconnecting idle clients will not have desired effect without also
configuring ClientAliveCountMax in the SSH service configuration. Warning:
Following conditions may prevent the SSH session to time out:
- Remote processes on the remote machine generates output. As the output has to be transferred over the network to the client, the timeout is reset every time such transfer happens.
- Any
scp or sftp activity by the same user to the host resets the timeout.
Rationale:Terminating an idle ssh session within a short time period reduces the window of
opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management session
enabled on the console or console port that has been let unattended. Identifiers:
CCE-27433-2 References:
BP28(R29), 1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 7, 8, 5.5.6, APO13.01, BAI03.01, BAI03.02, BAI03.03, DSS01.03, DSS03.05, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.1.11, CCI-000879, CCI-001133, CCI-002361, 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 6.2, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.3, A.14.1.1, A.14.2.1, A.14.2.5, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.6.1.5, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, CM-6(a), AC-17(a), AC-2(5), AC-12, AC-17(a), SC-10, CM-6(a), DE.CM-1, DE.CM-3, PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.IP-2, Req-8.1.8, SRG-OS-000126-GPOS-00066, SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072, SRG-OS-000279-GPOS-00109, SRG-OS-000395-GPOS-00175, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-040320, 5.3.16, SV-204587r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: XCCDF Value sshd_idle_timeout_value # promote to variable
set_fact:
sshd_idle_timeout_value: !!str 300
tags:
- always
- name: Set SSH Idle Timeout Interval
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*ClientAliveInterval\s+
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*ClientAliveInterval\s+
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: true
regexp: (?i)^\s*ClientAliveInterval\s+
line: ClientAliveInterval {{ sshd_idle_timeout_value }}
state: present
insertbefore: ^[#\s]*Match
validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27433-2
- CJIS-5.5.6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-040320
- NIST-800-171-3.1.11
- NIST-800-53-AC-12
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-AC-2(5)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SC-10
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.1.8
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- sshd_set_idle_timeout
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
sshd_idle_timeout_value='300'
if [ -e "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" ] ; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i "/^\s*ClientAliveInterval\s\+/Id" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
touch "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# make sure file has newline at the end
sed -i -e '$a\' "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
cp "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
# Insert before the line matching the regex '^Match'.
line_number="$(LC_ALL=C grep -n "^Match" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" | LC_ALL=C sed 's/:.*//g')"
if [ -z "$line_number" ]; then
# There was no match of '^Match', insert at
# the end of the file.
printf '%s\n' "ClientAliveInterval $sshd_idle_timeout_value" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
head -n "$(( line_number - 1 ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" > "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
printf '%s\n' "ClientAliveInterval $sshd_idle_timeout_value" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
tail -n "+$(( line_number ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# Clean up after ourselves.
rm "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Disable Host-Based Authentication
[ref]ruleSSH's cryptographic host-based authentication is
more secure than .rhosts authentication. However, it is
not recommended that hosts unilaterally trust one another, even
within an organization.
The default SSH configuration disables host-based authentication. The appropriate
configuration is used if no value is set for HostbasedAuthentication .
To explicitly disable host-based authentication, add or correct the
following line in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config :
HostbasedAuthentication no Rationale:SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host
can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts. Identifiers:
CCE-27413-4 References:
11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 9, 5.5.6, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS06.03, DSS06.06, 3.1.12, CCI-000366, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 7.6, 0421, 0422, 0431, 0974, 1173, 1401, 1504, 1505, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, AC-3, AC-17(a), CM-7(a), CM-7(b), CM-6(a), PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.IP-1, PR.PT-3, FIA_UAU.1, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-010470, 5.3.9, SV-204435r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Disable Host-Based Authentication
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*HostbasedAuthentication\s+
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*HostbasedAuthentication\s+
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: true
regexp: (?i)^\s*HostbasedAuthentication\s+
line: HostbasedAuthentication no
state: present
insertbefore: ^[#\s]*Match
validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27413-4
- CJIS-5.5.6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010470
- NIST-800-171-3.1.12
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-AC-3
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- disable_host_auth
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if [ -e "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" ] ; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i "/^\s*HostbasedAuthentication\s\+/Id" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
touch "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# make sure file has newline at the end
sed -i -e '$a\' "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
cp "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
# Insert before the line matching the regex '^Match'.
line_number="$(LC_ALL=C grep -n "^Match" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" | LC_ALL=C sed 's/:.*//g')"
if [ -z "$line_number" ]; then
# There was no match of '^Match', insert at
# the end of the file.
printf '%s\n' "HostbasedAuthentication no" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
head -n "$(( line_number - 1 ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" > "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
printf '%s\n' "HostbasedAuthentication no" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
tail -n "+$(( line_number ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# Clean up after ourselves.
rm "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Remediation script: (show)
---
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
config:
ignition:
version: 3.1.0
storage:
files:
- contents:
source: 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mode: 0600
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
overwrite: true
|
Enable SSH Server firewalld Firewall Exception
[ref]ruleBy default, inbound connections to SSH's port are allowed. If
the SSH server is being used but denied by the firewall, this exception should
be added to the firewall configuration.
To configure firewalld to allow ssh access, run the following command(s):
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=ssh
Then run the following command to load the newly created rule(s):
firewall-cmd --reload Rationale:If inbound SSH connections are expected, adding a firewall rule exception
will allow remote access through the SSH port. Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
- name: Ensure firewalld is installed
package:
name: '{{ item }}'
state: present
with_items:
- firewalld
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-80361-9
- NIST-800-171-3.1.12
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(b)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- configure_strategy
- firewalld_sshd_port_enabled
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: XCCDF Value sshd_listening_port # promote to variable
set_fact:
sshd_listening_port: !!str 22
tags:
- always
- name: Enable SSHD in firewalld (custom port)
firewalld:
port: '{{ sshd_listening_port }}/tcp'
permanent: true
state: enabled
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- sshd_listening_port != 22
tags:
- CCE-80361-9
- NIST-800-171-3.1.12
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(b)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- configure_strategy
- firewalld_sshd_port_enabled
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Enable SSHD in firewalld (default port)
firewalld:
service: ssh
permanent: true
state: enabled
when:
- ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- sshd_listening_port == 22
tags:
- CCE-80361-9
- NIST-800-171-3.1.12
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(b)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- configure_strategy
- firewalld_sshd_port_enabled
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | configure |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if ! rpm -q --quiet "firewalld" ; then
yum install -y "firewalld"
fi
firewalld_sshd_zone='public'
# This assumes that firewalld_sshd_zone is one of the pre-defined zones
if [ ! -f "/etc/firewalld/zones/${firewalld_sshd_zone}.xml" ]; then
cp "/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/${firewalld_sshd_zone}.xml" "/etc/firewalld/zones/${firewalld_sshd_zone}.xml"
fi
if ! grep -q 'service name="ssh"' "/etc/firewalld/zones/${firewalld_sshd_zone}.xml"; then
sed -i '/<\/description>/a \
<service name="ssh"/>' "/etc/firewalld/zones/${firewalld_sshd_zone}.xml"
fi
# Check if any eth interface is bounded to the zone with SSH service enabled
nic_bound=false
readarray -t eth_interface_list < <(ip link show up | cut -d ' ' -f2 | cut -d ':' -s -f1 | grep -E '^(en|eth)')
for interface in "${eth_interface_list[@]}"; do
if grep -qi "ZONE=$firewalld_sshd_zone" "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${interface}"; then
nic_bound=true
break;
fi
done
if [ $nic_bound = false ];then
# Add first NIC to SSH enabled zone
interface="${eth_interface_list[0]}"
if ! firewall-cmd --state -q; then
# Test if the config_file is a symbolic link. If so, use --follow-symlinks with sed.
# Otherwise, regular sed command will do.
sed_command=('sed' '-i')
if test -L "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${interface}"; then
sed_command+=('--follow-symlinks')
fi
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^ZONE=")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s=%s" "$stripped_key" "$firewalld_sshd_zone"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^ZONE=\\>" "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${interface}"; then
"${sed_command[@]}" "s/^ZONE=\\>.*/$formatted_output/gi" "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${interface}"
else
# \n is precaution for case where file ends without trailing newline
cce="CCE-80361-9"
printf '\n# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "$cce" "$formatted_output" "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${interface}" >> "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${interface}"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${interface}"
fi
else
# If firewalld service is running, we need to do this step with firewall-cmd
# Otherwise firewalld will communicate with NetworkManage and will revert assigned zone
# of NetworkManager managed interfaces upon reload
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone="$firewalld_sshd_zone" --add-interface="${eth_interface_list[0]}"
firewall-cmd --reload
fi
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Allow Only SSH Protocol 2
[ref]ruleOnly SSH protocol version 2 connections should be
permitted. The default setting in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config is correct, and can be
verified by ensuring that the following
line appears:
Protocol 2 Warning:
As of openssh-server version 7.4 and above, the only protocol
supported is version 2, and line Protocol 2 in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config is not necessary. Rationale:SSH protocol version 1 is an insecure implementation of the SSH protocol and
has many well-known vulnerability exploits. Exploits of the SSH daemon could provide
immediate root access to the system. Identifiers:
CCE-27320-1 References:
NT007(R1), 1, 12, 15, 16, 5, 8, 5.5.6, APO13.01, DSS01.04, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.10, 3.1.13, 3.5.4, CCI-000197, CCI-000366, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.6, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, 0487, 1449, 1506, A.11.2.6, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.18.1.4, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, A.7.1.1, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, CIP-003-8 R4.2, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R7.1, CM-6(a), AC-17(a), AC-17(2), IA-5(1)(c), SC-13, MA-4(6), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-3, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.PT-4, SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000033-VMM-000140, RHEL-07-040390, 5.2.2, SV-204594r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Allow Only SSH Protocol 2
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*Protocol\s+
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*Protocol\s+
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: true
regexp: (?i)^\s*Protocol\s+
line: Protocol 2
state: present
insertbefore: ^[#\s]*Match
validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27320-1
- CJIS-5.5.6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-040390
- NIST-800-171-3.1.13
- NIST-800-171-3.5.4
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(2)
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(c)
- NIST-800-53-MA-4(6)
- NIST-800-53-SC-13
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- sshd_allow_only_protocol2
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
# Test if the config_file is a symbolic link. If so, use --follow-symlinks with sed.
# Otherwise, regular sed command will do.
sed_command=('sed' '-i')
if test -L "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"; then
sed_command+=('--follow-symlinks')
fi
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^Protocol")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s %s" "$stripped_key" "2"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^Protocol\\>" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"; then
"${sed_command[@]}" "s/^Protocol\\>.*/$formatted_output/gi" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
# \n is precaution for case where file ends without trailing newline
cce="CCE-27320-1"
printf '\n# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "$cce" "$formatted_output" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Disable SSH Access via Empty Passwords
[ref]ruleDisallow 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 PermitEmptyPasswords .
To explicitly disallow SSH login from accounts with empty passwords,
add or correct the following line in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config :
PermitEmptyPasswords no
Any accounts with empty passwords should be disabled immediately, and PAM configuration
should prevent users from being able to assign themselves empty passwords.Rationale:Configuring this setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance
that remote login via SSH will require a password, even in the event of
misconfiguration elsewhere. Identifiers:
CCE-27471-2 References:
NT007(R17), 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 9, 5.5.6, APO01.06, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS05.02, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS06.02, DSS06.03, DSS06.06, 3.1.1, 3.1.5, CCI-000366, CCI-000766, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 5.2, SR 7.6, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, AC-17(a), CM-7(a), CM-7(b), CM-6(a), PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.DS-5, PR.IP-1, PR.PT-3, FIA_UAU.1, SRG-OS-000106-GPOS-00053, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-010300, 5.3.11, SV-204425r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Disable SSH Access via Empty Passwords
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*PermitEmptyPasswords\s+
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*PermitEmptyPasswords\s+
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: true
regexp: (?i)^\s*PermitEmptyPasswords\s+
line: PermitEmptyPasswords no
state: present
insertbefore: ^[#\s]*Match
validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27471-2
- CJIS-5.5.6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010300
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- sshd_disable_empty_passwords
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if [ -e "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" ] ; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i "/^\s*PermitEmptyPasswords\s\+/Id" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
touch "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# make sure file has newline at the end
sed -i -e '$a\' "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
cp "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
# Insert before the line matching the regex '^Match'.
line_number="$(LC_ALL=C grep -n "^Match" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" | LC_ALL=C sed 's/:.*//g')"
if [ -z "$line_number" ]; then
# There was no match of '^Match', insert at
# the end of the file.
printf '%s\n' "PermitEmptyPasswords no" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
head -n "$(( line_number - 1 ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" > "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
printf '%s\n' "PermitEmptyPasswords no" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
tail -n "+$(( line_number ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# Clean up after ourselves.
rm "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Disable SSH Root Login
[ref]ruleThe 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
/etc/ssh/sshd_config :
PermitRootLogin no Rationale:Even though the communications channel may be encrypted, an additional layer of
security is gained by extending the policy of not logging directly on as root.
In addition, logging in with a user-specific account provides individual
accountability of actions performed on the system and also helps to minimize
direct attack attempts on root's password. Identifiers:
CCE-27445-6 References:
BP28(R19), NT007(R21), 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 5.5.6, APO01.06, DSS05.02, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.02, DSS06.03, DSS06.06, DSS06.10, 3.1.1, 3.1.5, CCI-000366, CCI-000770, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 5.2, A.10.1.1, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.5, A.11.2.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.1.3, A.13.2.1, A.13.2.3, A.13.2.4, A.14.1.2, A.14.1.3, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.7.1.2, A.7.3.1, A.8.2.2, A.8.2.3, A.9.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CIP-003-8 R5.1.1, CIP-003-8 R5.3, CIP-004-6 R2.2.3, CIP-004-6 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R2.1, CIP-007-3 R2.2, CIP-007-3 R2.3, CIP-007-3 R5.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.1, CIP-007-3 R5.1.2, CIP-007-3 R5.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.1, CIP-007-3 R5.3.2, CIP-007-3 R5.3.3, AC-6(2), AC-17(a), IA-2, IA-2(5), CM-7(a), CM-7(b), CM-6(a), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.DS-5, PR.PT-3, FIA_UAU.1, SRG-OS-000109-GPOS-00056, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-040370, 5.3.10, SV-204592r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Disable SSH Root Login
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*PermitRootLogin\s+
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*PermitRootLogin\s+
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: true
regexp: (?i)^\s*PermitRootLogin\s+
line: PermitRootLogin no
state: present
insertbefore: ^[#\s]*Match
validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27445-6
- CJIS-5.5.6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-040370
- NIST-800-171-3.1.1
- NIST-800-171-3.1.5
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-AC-6(2)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- NIST-800-53-IA-2
- NIST-800-53-IA-2(5)
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- sshd_disable_root_login
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if [ -e "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" ] ; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i "/^\s*PermitRootLogin\s\+/Id" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
touch "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# make sure file has newline at the end
sed -i -e '$a\' "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
cp "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
# Insert before the line matching the regex '^Match'.
line_number="$(LC_ALL=C grep -n "^Match" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" | LC_ALL=C sed 's/:.*//g')"
if [ -z "$line_number" ]; then
# There was no match of '^Match', insert at
# the end of the file.
printf '%s\n' "PermitRootLogin no" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
head -n "$(( line_number - 1 ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" > "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
printf '%s\n' "PermitRootLogin no" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
tail -n "+$(( line_number ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# Clean up after ourselves.
rm "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
|
Do Not Allow SSH Environment Options
[ref]ruleEnsure that users are not able to override environment variables of the SSH daemon.
The default SSH configuration disables environment processing. The appropriate
configuration is used if no value is set for PermitUserEnvironment .
To explicitly disable Environment options, add or correct the following
/etc/ssh/sshd_config :
PermitUserEnvironment no Rationale:SSH environment options potentially allow users to bypass
access restriction in some configurations. Identifiers:
CCE-27363-1 References:
11, 3, 9, 5.5.6, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, 3.1.12, CCI-000366, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, SR 7.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, AC-17(a), CM-7(a), CM-7(b), CM-6(a), PR.IP-1, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229, SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000, RHEL-07-010460, 5.3.12, SV-204434r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: Do Not Allow SSH Environment Options
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*PermitUserEnvironment\s+
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*PermitUserEnvironment\s+
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: true
regexp: (?i)^\s*PermitUserEnvironment\s+
line: PermitUserEnvironment no
state: present
insertbefore: ^[#\s]*Match
validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27363-1
- CJIS-5.5.6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-010460
- NIST-800-171-3.1.12
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- sshd_do_not_permit_user_env
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
---|
Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if [ -e "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" ] ; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i "/^\s*PermitUserEnvironment\s\+/Id" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
touch "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# make sure file has newline at the end
sed -i -e '$a\' "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
cp "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
# Insert before the line matching the regex '^Match'.
line_number="$(LC_ALL=C grep -n "^Match" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" | LC_ALL=C sed 's/:.*//g')"
if [ -z "$line_number" ]; then
# There was no match of '^Match', insert at
# the end of the file.
printf '%s\n' "PermitUserEnvironment no" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
head -n "$(( line_number - 1 ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" > "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
printf '%s\n' "PermitUserEnvironment no" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
tail -n "+$(( line_number ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# Clean up after ourselves.
rm "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
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Enable SSH Warning Banner
[ref]ruleTo enable the warning banner and ensure it is consistent
across the system, add or correct the following line in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config :
Banner /etc/issue
Another section contains information on how to create an
appropriate system-wide warning banner.Rationale:The warning message reinforces policy awareness during the logon process and
facilitates possible legal action against attackers. Alternatively, systems
whose ownership should not be obvious should ensure usage of a banner that does
not provide easy attribution. Identifiers:
CCE-27314-4 References:
1, 12, 15, 16, 5.5.6, DSS05.04, DSS05.10, DSS06.10, 3.1.9, CCI-000048, CCI-000050, CCI-001384, CCI-001385, CCI-001386, CCI-001387, CCI-001388, 164.308(a)(4)(i), 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(3), 164.310(b), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.2, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, A.18.1.4, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.4, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, AC-8(a), AC-8(c), AC-17(a), CM-6(a), PR.AC-7, FTA_TAB.1, SRG-OS-000023-GPOS-00006, SRG-OS-000228-GPOS-00088, SRG-OS-000023-VMM-000060, SRG-OS-000024-VMM-000070, RHEL-07-040170, 5.2.15, SV-204580r603261_rule Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
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Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | restrict |
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- name: Enable SSH Warning Banner
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*Banner\s+
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*Banner\s+
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: true
regexp: (?i)^\s*Banner\s+
line: Banner /etc/issue
state: present
insertbefore: ^[#\s]*Match
validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27314-4
- CJIS-5.5.6
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-040170
- NIST-800-171-3.1.9
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-AC-8(a)
- NIST-800-53-AC-8(c)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- sshd_enable_warning_banner
Remediation Shell script: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
---|
Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | restrict |
---|
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if [ -e "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" ] ; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i "/^\s*Banner\s\+/Id" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
touch "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# make sure file has newline at the end
sed -i -e '$a\' "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
cp "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
# Insert before the line matching the regex '^Match'.
line_number="$(LC_ALL=C grep -n "^Match" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" | LC_ALL=C sed 's/:.*//g')"
if [ -z "$line_number" ]; then
# There was no match of '^Match', insert at
# the end of the file.
printf '%s\n' "Banner /etc/issue" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
head -n "$(( line_number - 1 ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" > "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
printf '%s\n' "Banner /etc/issue" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
tail -n "+$(( line_number ))" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
# Clean up after ourselves.
rm "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
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Use Only FIPS 140-2 Validated Ciphers
[ref]ruleLimit the ciphers to those algorithms which are FIPS-approved.
Counter (CTR) mode is also preferred over cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode.
The following line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
demonstrates use of FIPS-approved ciphers:
Ciphers aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc
The man page sshd_config(5) contains a list of supported ciphers.
Only the following ciphers are FIPS 140-2 certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:
- aes128-ctr
- aes192-ctr
- aes256-ctr
- aes128-cbc
- aes192-cbc
- aes256-cbc
- 3des-cbc
- rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
Any combination of the above ciphers will pass this check.
Official FIPS 140-2 paperwork for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 can be found at
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp2630.pdf
The rule is parametrized to use the following ciphers: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se .Warning:
The system needs to be rebooted for these changes to take effect. Warning:
System Crypto Modules must be provided by a vendor that undergoes
FIPS-140 certifications.
FIPS-140 is applicable to all Federal agencies that use
cryptographic-based security systems to protect sensitive information
in computer and telecommunication systems (including voice systems) as
defined in Section 5131 of the Information Technology Management Reform
Act of 1996, Public Law 104-106. This standard shall be used in
designing and implementing cryptographic modules that Federal
departments and agencies operate or are operated for them under
contract. See https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.140-2.pdf
To meet this, the system has to have cryptographic software provided by
a vendor that has undergone this certification. This means providing
documentation, test results, design information, and independent third
party review by an accredited lab. While open source software is
capable of meeting this, it does not meet FIPS-140 unless the vendor
submits to this process. Rationale:Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore
cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and system data may be compromised.
Operating systems utilizing encryption are required to use FIPS-compliant mechanisms for authenticating to
cryptographic modules.
FIPS 140-2 is the current standard for validating that mechanisms used to access cryptographic modules
utilize authentication that meets industry and government requirements. For government systems, this allows
Security Levels 1, 2, 3, or 4 for use on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Identifiers:
CCE-27295-5 References:
1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 5.5.6, APO11.04, APO13.01, BAI03.05, BAI10.01, BAI10.02, BAI10.03, BAI10.05, DSS01.04, DSS05.02, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05, DSS05.07, DSS05.10, DSS06.03, DSS06.06, DSS06.10, MEA02.01, 3.1.13, 3.13.11, 3.13.8, CCI-000068, CCI-000366, CCI-000803, CCI-000877, CCI-002890, CCI-003123, 164.308(b)(1), 164.308(b)(2), 164.312(e)(1), 164.312(e)(2)(i), 164.312(e)(2)(ii), 164.314(b)(2)(i), 4.3.3.2.2, 4.3.3.3.9, 4.3.3.5.1, 4.3.3.5.2, 4.3.3.5.3, 4.3.3.5.4, 4.3.3.5.5, 4.3.3.5.6, 4.3.3.5.7, 4.3.3.5.8, 4.3.3.6.1, 4.3.3.6.2, 4.3.3.6.3, 4.3.3.6.4, 4.3.3.6.5, 4.3.3.6.6, 4.3.3.6.7, 4.3.3.6.8, 4.3.3.6.9, 4.3.3.7.1, 4.3.3.7.2, 4.3.3.7.3, 4.3.3.7.4, 4.3.4.3.2, 4.3.4.3.3, 4.3.4.4.7, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.4, SR 1.1, SR 1.10, SR 1.11, SR 1.12, SR 1.13, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.6, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 2.1, SR 2.10, SR 2.11, SR 2.12, SR 2.2, SR 2.3, SR 2.4, SR 2.5, SR 2.6, SR 2.7, SR 2.8, SR 2.9, SR 3.1, SR 3.5, SR 3.8, SR 4.1, SR 4.3, SR 5.1, SR 5.2, SR 5.3, SR 7.1, SR 7.6, A.11.2.6, A.12.1.2, A.12.4.1, A.12.4.2, A.12.4.3, A.12.4.4, A.12.5.1, A.12.6.2, A.12.7.1, A.13.1.1, A.13.2.1, A.14.1.3, A.14.2.2, A.14.2.3, A.14.2.4, A.18.1.4, A.6.1.2, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.2, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.2.4, A.9.2.6, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.9.4.4, A.9.4.5, CM-6(a), AC-17(a), AC-17(2), SC-13, MA-4(6), IA-5(1)(c), SC-12(2), SC-12(3), PR.AC-1, PR.AC-3, PR.AC-4, PR.AC-6, PR.AC-7, PR.IP-1, PR.PT-1, PR.PT-3, PR.PT-4, SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014, SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061, SRG-OS-000125-GPOS-00065, SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173, SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174, SRG-OS-000033-VMM-000140, SRG-OS-000120-VMM-000600, SRG-OS-000478-VMM-001980, SRG-OS-000396-VMM-001590, 5.3.13 Remediation Ansible snippet: (show)
Complexity: | low |
---|
Disruption: | low |
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Reboot: | false |
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Strategy: | restrict |
---|
- name: XCCDF Value sshd_approved_ciphers # promote to variable
set_fact:
sshd_approved_ciphers: !!str aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
tags:
- always
- name: Use Only FIPS 140-2 Validated Ciphers
block:
- name: Check for duplicate values
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*Ciphers\s+
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: dupes
- name: Deduplicate values from /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: false
regexp: (?i)^\s*Ciphers\s+
state: absent
when: dupes.found is defined and dupes.found > 1
- name: Insert correct line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
lineinfile:
path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
create: true
regexp: (?i)^\s*Ciphers\s+
line: Ciphers {{ sshd_approved_ciphers }}
state: present
insertbefore: ^[#\s]*Match
validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
tags:
- CCE-27295-5
- CJIS-5.5.6
- NIST-800-171-3.1.13
- NIST-800-171-3.13.11
- NIST-800-171-3.13.8
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(2)
- NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(c)
- NIST-800-53-MA-4(6)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(2)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SC-13
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- sshd_use_approved_ciphers
Remediation Shell script: (show)
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
sshd_approved_ciphers='aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se'
# Test if the config_file is a symbolic link. If so, use --follow-symlinks with sed.
# Otherwise, regular sed command will do.
sed_command=('sed' '-i')
if test -L "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"; then
sed_command+=('--follow-symlinks')
fi
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^Ciphers")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s %s" "$stripped_key" "$sshd_approved_ciphers"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^Ciphers\\>" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"; then
"${sed_command[@]}" "s/^Ciphers\\>.*/$formatted_output/gi" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
else
# \n is precaution for case where file ends without trailing newline
cce="CCE-27295-5"
printf '\n# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "$cce" "$formatted_output" "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
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