Product:
BigFix Compliance
Title:
Updated CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Benchmark with bugfixes.
Security Benchmark:
CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Benchmark, v1.0.0
Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for RHEL 8, site version 5
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)
Details:
Fixed and improved implementation for the following check:
- Ensure mail transfer agent is configured for local-only mode
- Ensure access to the su command is restricted
- Ensure loopback traffic is configured (A)
- Ensure_wireless_interfaces_are_disabled
- Create_custom_authselect_profile
- Ensure_firewall_rules_exist_for_all_open_ports
- Ensure_no_unconfined_services_exist
- Ensure_authentication_required_for_single_user_mode
- Ensure_time_synchronization_is_in_use
- Ensure_DCCP_is_disabled
- Ensure_SCTP_is_disabled
- Ensure_RDS_is_disabled
- Ensure_TIPC_is_disabled
- Ensure_audit_log_storage_size_is_configured
- Ensure_local_login_warning_banner_is_configured_properly
- Ensure_remote_login_warning_banner_is_configured_properly
- Ensure_permissions_on_etcmotd_are_configured
- Ensure_permissions_on_etcissue.net_are_configured
- 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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We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!
– The BigFix Compliance team