[PATCH 1/3] Added check text where needed
Shawn Wells
shawn at redhat.com
Tue Dec 18 00:03:46 UTC 2012
On 12/14/12 2:10 PM, David Smith wrote:
> 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>
What about /etc/profile, /etc/bashrc, /etc/csh.cshrc, etc?
> <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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