[PATCH] additions to transition notes, STIG profile

Maura Dailey maura at eclipse.ncsc.mil
Tue Jul 31 01:22:15 UTC 2012


Ack.

On 07/30/2012 08:52 PM, Jeffrey Blank wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Blank<blank at eclipse.ncsc.mil>
> ---
>   RHEL6/input/auxiliary/transition_notes.xml |   30 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
>   RHEL6/input/profiles/STIG-server.xml       |    6 +++++
>   2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/RHEL6/input/auxiliary/transition_notes.xml b/RHEL6/input/auxiliary/transition_notes.xml
> index 32bdc9c..3141809 100644
> --- a/RHEL6/input/auxiliary/transition_notes.xml
> +++ b/RHEL6/input/auxiliary/transition_notes.xml
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This is superceded by the system-wide check for improper permissions provided
>   by the package manager. Automating this check became possible with OVAL 5.8.
>   </note>
>
> -<note ref="774,784,788,4342,4385,22319,22320,22321,22322,23953,27275,27276,27279" auth="JB">
> +<note ref="774,784,788,823,824,899,900,4342,4385,22319,22320,22321,22322,23953,27275,27276,27279" auth="JB">
>   The security argument is not apparent or salient.
>   </note>
>
> @@ -26,10 +26,18 @@ Existence of an ACL is not necessarily a problem, and checking for existence of
>   files does not achieve any security goals. Alternatives include denying use of any ACLs unless documented, or simply dropping these rules entirely (preferred).
>   </note>
>
> -<note ref="756,763,773,783,785,4687,4688,11945,11947,11948,11972,11973,12003,22290,22341,22342,22343,24386" auth="JB">
> +<note ref="756,763,773,783,785,797,798,800,806,807,847,867,4687,4688,11945,11947,11948,11972,11973,12003,22290,22341,22342,22343,24386" auth="JB">
>   This is covered in the RHEL6 content.
>   </note>
>
> +<note ref="808" auth="JB">
> +Bothering with umasks: worth the bother?
> +</note>
> +
> +<note ref="805" auth="JB">
> +This is covered in the RHEL6 content for NFS mounts.  Need to investigate removable media (for which we put in a ticket for configuration options a long time ago).
> +</note>
> +
>   <note ref="11945" auth="JB">
>   What is the distinction and purpose of different MAC levels?
>   </note>
> @@ -43,15 +51,27 @@ do not even support this capability.
>   This needs to be added to the RHEL6 content.
>   </note>
>
> -<note ref="770,918" auth="JB">
> +<note ref="812,813" auth="JB">
> +This needs to be added to the RHEL6 content; oddly OVAL checks already exist for it.
> +</note>
> +
> +<note ref="825,907,910,916,917" auth="JB">
> +Is this a concern on a modern system?
> +</note>
> +
> +<note ref="770,918,921,922" auth="JB">
>   This is covered in the RHEL6 content in a slightly different manner.
>   </note>
>
> +<note ref="827" auth="JB">
> +This needs to be added to the RHEL6 content, as well as a complete re-write of its CUPS section.
> +</note>
> +
>   <note ref="12022" auth="JB">
>   This is covered in the RHEL6 content in a slightly different manner: iptables is required.
>   </note>
>
> -<note ref="12005" auth="JB">
> +<note ref="1011,12005" auth="JB">
>   This is covered in the RHEL6 content in a slightly different manner: xinetd is required to be disabled, and inetd is not available as part of RHEL6.
>   </note>
>
> @@ -68,7 +88,7 @@ This is covered in the RHEL6 content in a slightly different manner: xinetd serv
>   Finger is still part of RHEL, and so a separate rule could be created for this if we were so inclined.
>   </note>
>
> -<note ref="4692,4694,12006" auth="JB">
> +<note ref="835,4692,4694,12006" auth="JB">
>   Postfix is the mail server on RHEL 6, and items peculiar to sendmail no longer apply.
>   </note>
>
> diff --git a/RHEL6/input/profiles/STIG-server.xml b/RHEL6/input/profiles/STIG-server.xml
> index 08c8ddb..fa11c8e 100644
> --- a/RHEL6/input/profiles/STIG-server.xml
> +++ b/RHEL6/input/profiles/STIG-server.xml
> @@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
>   <select idref="service_bluetooth_disabled" selected="true" />
>   <select idref="account_disable_post_pw_expiration" selected="true" />
>
> +<select idref="sticky_world_writable_dirs" selected="true" />
> +<select idref="world_writable_files_system_ownership" selected="true" />
> +<select idref="tftpd_uses_secure_mode" selected="true" />
> +
> +
> +
>   <select idref="ftp_present_banner" selected="true" />
>
>   <!-- from inherited Rule, limiting_password_reuse -->



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