[PATCH 1/3] Added check text where needed

David Smith dsmith at eclipse.ncsc.mil
Fri Dec 14 19:10:52 UTC 2012


Signed-off-by: David Smith <dsmith at eclipse.ncsc.mil>
---
 RHEL6/input/system/logging.xml                |    3 +++
 RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml  |    5 +++++
 RHEL6/input/system/permissions/partitions.xml |    5 +++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RHEL6/input/system/logging.xml b/RHEL6/input/system/logging.xml
index ff08cb8..514859d 100644
--- a/RHEL6/input/system/logging.xml
+++ b/RHEL6/input/system/logging.xml
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@ enabled.</description>
 <rationale>Log files that are not properly rotated run the risk of growing so large
 that they fill up the /var/log partition. Valuable logging information could be lost
 if the /var/log partition becomes full.</rationale>
+<ocil>
+<service-enable-check-macro service="logrotate" />
+</ocil>
 <ident cce="4182-2" />
 <oval id="logrotate_rotate_all_files" />
 <ref nist="AU-2, AU-9, CM-6" disa="366" />
diff --git a/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml b/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml
index a80c40a..03e1c44 100644
--- a/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml
+++ b/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ Setting the umask to too restrictive a setting can cause serious errors at
 runtime.  Many daemons on the system already individually restrict themselves to
 a umask of 077 in their own init scripts.
 </description>
+<ocil clause="it does not">
+To check the value of the <tt>umask</tt>, run the following command:
+<pre>$ grep umask /etc/init.d/functions</pre>
+The output should show either <tt>022</tt> or <tt>027</tt>.
+</ocil>
 <rationale>The umask influences the permissions assigned to files created by a
 process at run time.  An unnecessarily permissive umask could result in files
 being created with insecure permissions.</rationale>
diff --git a/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/partitions.xml b/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/partitions.xml
index 4efa626..8dd7720 100644
--- a/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/partitions.xml
+++ b/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/partitions.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ certain types of worms or malicious code.
 </description>
 <rationale>Allowing users to execute binaries from removable media such as USB keys exposes
 the system to potential compromise.</rationale>
+<ocil clause="it does not">
+To verify that binaries cannot be directly executed from removable media, run the following command:
+<pre># grep noexec /etc/fstab</pre>
+The output should show <tt>noexec</tt> in use.
+</ocil>
 <ident cce="4275-4" />
 <oval id="mount_option_noexec_removable_partitions" value="var_removable_partition" />
 <ref nist="CM-7, MP-2" disa="87" />
-- 
1.7.1



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