Product:
IBM BigFix Compliance
Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for RHEL 6, RHEL 7, CentOS Linux 6 and CentOS Linux 7 to enhance the filesystem scan script, fix the remediation and compliance logic.
Security Benchmark:
CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Benchmark, v2.0.2
CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Benchmark, v2.1.1
CIS CentOS Linux 6 Benchmark, v2.0.2
CIS CentOS Linux 7 Benchmark, v2.1.1
Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for RHEL 6, site version 20
CIS Checklist for RHEL 7, site version 8
CIS Checklist for CentOS Linux 6, site version 6
CIS Checklist for CentOS Linux 7, site version 6
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)
Details:
• Optimized filesystem scan script, less space needed for the fileresults.db and temporary files
• The task will now verify there is enough storage on endpoint before building the database
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.10_Ensure_no_world_writable_files_exist: Updated compliance logic of the fixlet
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.12_Ensure_no_ungrouped_files_or_directories_exist: Updated compliance logic of the fixlet
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_3.6.3_Ensure_loopback_traffic_is_configured: Updated compliance logic of the fixlet
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.7_Ensure_permissions_on_etcshadow-_are_configured: Updated remed and compliance logic of the fixlet
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.8_Ensure_permissions_on_etcgroup-_are_configured: Updated remed and compliance logic
• xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.9_Ensure_permissions_on_etcgshadow-_are_configured: Updated remed and compliance logic
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 IBM BigFix version 9.2 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 https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt.
More information:
To know more about the IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the following resources:
• IBM Developer Works:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists
• IBM BigFix Blog:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910?lang=en
• IBM BigFix Forum:
https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance
We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!
– The IBM BigFix Compliance team