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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/6/13, 9:50 AM, Steinke, Leland J
Sr CTR DISA FSO (US) wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:294970648F72F5468D5C8718139CA88005AA440B@umechphi.easf.csd.disa.mil"
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<pre wrap="">The NIST SCAP Content Validation Tool threw errors on the system_info_architecture_x86* definitions (requirement ID 208). This patch corrects the errors.
Regards,
--
Leland Steinke, Security+
DISA FSO Technical Support Contractor
tapestry technologies, Inc
717-267-5797 (DSN 570)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:leland.j.steinke.ctr@mail.mil">leland.j.steinke.ctr@mail.mil</a> (gov't)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lsteinke@tapestrytech.com">lsteinke@tapestrytech.com</a> (com'l)
---
.../input/checks/system_info_architecture_x86.xml | 2 +-
.../checks/system_info_architecture_x86_64.xml | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/RHEL6/input/checks/system_info_architecture_x86.xml
b/RHEL6/input/checks/system_info_architecture_x86.xml
index f05260a..393c4d6 100644
--- a/RHEL6/input/checks/system_info_architecture_x86.xml
+++ b/RHEL6/input/checks/system_info_architecture_x86.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<def-group>
- <definition class="miscellaneous" id="system_info_architecture_x86"
+ <definition class="compliance" id="system_info_architecture_x86"
version="1">
<!-- Note that this does not meet requirements for class=inventory as
that only tests for patches per 5.10.1 Revision 1 -->
diff --git a/RHEL6/input/checks/system_info_architecture_x86_64.xml
b/RHEL6/input/checks/system_info_architecture_x86_64.xml
index d4e681f..08481b5 100644
--- a/RHEL6/input/checks/system_info_architecture_x86_64.xml
+++ b/RHEL6/input/checks/system_info_architecture_x86_64.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<def-group>
- <definition class="miscellaneous" id="system_info_architecture_x86_64"
+ <definition class="compliance" id="system_info_architecture_x86_64"
version="1">
<!-- Note that this does not meet requirements for class=inventory as
that only tests for patches per 5.10.1 Revision 1 -->
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I'm not sure this is an error after reviewing the OVAL spec:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://oval.mitre.org/language/version5.10/ovaldefinition/documentation/oval-common-schema.html#ClassEnumeration">http://oval.mitre.org/language/version5.10/ovaldefinition/documentation/oval-common-schema.html#ClassEnumeration</a><br>
<br>
- Compliance definitions are meant to describe "the state of a
machine when in compliance with a specific policy."<br>
- Miscellaneous definitions are used "to categorize a definition
that doesn't fit into one of the other four classes," with the other
four being compliance, inventory, patch, and vulnerability.<br>
<br>
Since the system_info_architecture_x86* checks are called from other
OVAL checks, such as audit_*, to test system architecture (versus
testing for the <i>compliance</i> of being a specific architecture),
the class definition of miscellaneous seems appropriate.<br>
<br>
Or am I interpreting the spec incorrectly (....which is totally
possible)?<br>
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