BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for Debian Linux 10, published 2020-08-11

Product:
BigFix Compliance

Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for Debian Linux 10 Benchmark with bugfixes.

Security Benchmarks:
CIS Debian Linux 10 Benchmark, v1.0.0

Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for Debian Linux 10, site version 2
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

Details:
Fixed and improved implementation for the following checks:

  • Ensure loopback traffic is configured
  • Ensure firewall rules exist for all open ports
  • Ensure all AppArmor Profiles are in enforce or complain mode
  • Ensure loopback traffic is configured
  • Ensure default deny firewall policy
  • Ensure XDNX support is enabled
  • Ensure wireless interfaces are disabled
  • Ensure firewall rules exist for all open ports
  • Ensure journald is configured to send logs to rsyslog
  • Ensure journald is configured to compress large log files
  • Ensure journald is configured to write logfiles to persistent disk
  • Ensure permissions on all logfiles are configured
  • Ensure_sudo_commands_use_pty
  • Ensure sudo log file exists
  • Ensure_logrotate_assigns_appropriate_permissions
  • Ensure_SSH_Protocol_is_not_set_to_1
  • Ensure all users last password change date is in the past
  • Ensure default deny firewall policy
  • Ensure password fields are not empty
  • Ensure password expiration warning days is 7 or more
  • Ensure password expiration is 365 days or less
  • Ensure inactive password lock is 30 days or less
  • Ensure minimum days between password changes is 7 or more

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More information:
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We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!
– The BigFix Compliance team