Product:
BigFix Compliance
Title:
Updated DISA STIG Checklist for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Security Benchmark:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG Ver 2, Rel 5
Published Sites:
DISA STIG Checklist for RHEL 9, site version 6
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)
Details:
Total New Fixlets: 1
Total Updated Fixlets: 4
Total Deleted Fixlets: 4
Total Fixlets in Site: 442
New Fixlets:
RHEL 9 must audit any script or executable called by cron as root or by any privileged user.
Updated Fixlets:
RHEL 9 groups must have unique Group ID (GID).
RHEL 9 duplicate User IDs (UIDs) must not exist for interactive users.
RHEL 9 must log SSH connection attempts and failures to the server.
RHEL 9 SSH daemon must not allow compression or must only allow compression after successful authentication.
Deleted Fixlets:
RHEL 9 must use mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, executive orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module.
RHEL 9 must implement DOD-approved encryption ciphers to protect the confidentiality of SSH connections.
RHEL 9 /etc/audit/auditd.conf file must have 0640 or less permissive to prevent unauthorized access.
RHEL 9 must use mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, executive orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module.
Additional details:
● Both analysis and remediation checks are included
● Some of the checks allow you to use the parameterized setting to enable customization for compliance evaluation. Note that parameterization and remediation actions require the creation of a custom site.
Improved few checks by adding the pending restart feature to them. The pending restart feature works in the following ways:
● The action results will show “Pending Restart” instead of “Fixed” for those checks which requires OS reboot.
● The check will show relevant for those endpoints until they are rebooted.
● Post reboot of the endpoint the action results will show as “Fixed” and the check will be compliant.
Actions to take:
● To subscribe to the above site, you can use the License Overview Dashboard to enable and gather the site. Note that you must be entitled to the BigFix Compliance product and you must be using BigFix version 10 and later.
● If you use custom sites, update your custom sites accordingly to use the latest content. You can synchronize your content by using the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard. For more information, see Using the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard
More information:
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● BigFix Forum:
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We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective.
Thank you!
– The BigFix Compliance team