CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Benchmark v1.0.0 - 09-30-2019 Terms of Use Please see the below link for our current terms of use: https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-securesuite/cis-securesuite-membership-terms-of-use/ 1 | P a g e Table of Contents Terms of Use ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 Intended Audience ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Consensus Guidance ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Typographical Conventions ...................................................................................................................... 14 Scoring Information ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Profile Definitions ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................. 18 1 Initial Setup .................................................................................................................................................. 18 1.1 Filesystem Configuration ............................................................................................................... 19 1.1.1 Disable unused filesystems ................................................................................................... 20 1.1.1.1 Ensure mounting of cramfs filesystems is disabled (Scored) ......................... 21 1.1.1.2 Ensure mounting of vFAT filesystems is limited (Not Scored) ....................... 23 1.1.1.3 Ensure mounting of squashfs filesystems is disabled (Scored) ..................... 25 1.1.1.4 Ensure mounting of udf filesystems is disabled (Scored) ................................ 27 1.1.2 Ensure /tmp is configured (Scored) ............................................................................. 29 1.1.3 Ensure nodev option set on /tmp partition (Scored) ............................................ 32 1.1.4 Ensure nosuid option set on /tmp partition (Scored) ........................................... 34 1.1.5 Ensure noexec option set on /tmp partition (Scored) .......................................... 36 1.1.6 Ensure separate partition exists for /var (Scored)................................................. 38 1.1.7 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/tmp (Scored) ...................................... 40 1.1.8 Ensure nodev option set on /var/tmp partition (Scored) ................................... 42 1.1.9 Ensure nosuid option set on /var/tmp partition (Scored) .................................. 43 1.1.10 Ensure noexec option set on /var/tmp partition (Scored) ............................... 44 1.1.11 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/log (Scored) ..................................... 45 1.1.12 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/log/audit (Scored) ......................... 47 1.1.13 Ensure separate partition exists for /home (Scored) ......................................... 49 1.1.14 Ensure nodev option set on /home partition (Scored) ...................................... 51 2 | P a g e 1.1.15 Ensure nodev option set on /dev/shm partition (Scored) ............................... 53 1.1.16 Ensure nosuid option set on /dev/shm partition (Scored) .............................. 55 1.1.17 Ensure noexec option set on /dev/shm partition (Scored) .............................. 57 1.1.18 Ensure nodev option set on removable media partitions (Not Scored) ...... 59 1.1.19 Ensure nosuid option set on removable media partitions (Not Scored) ..... 60 1.1.20 Ensure noexec option set on removable media partitions (Not Scored) ..... 61 1.1.21 Ensure sticky bit is set on all world-writable directories (Scored) ............... 62 1.1.22 Disable Automounting (Scored) .................................................................................. 63 1.1.23 Disable USB Storage (Scored) ....................................................................................... 65 1.2 Configure Software Updates ......................................................................................................... 67 1.2.1 Ensure Red Hat Subscription Manager connection is configured (Not Scored) ................................................................................................................................................................ 67 1.2.2 Disable the rhnsd Daemon (Not Scored) .................................................................... 69 1.2.3 Ensure GPG keys are configured (Not Scored) ......................................................... 70 1.2.4 Ensure gpgcheck is globally activated (Scored) ....................................................... 71 1.2.5 Ensure package manager repositories are configured (Not Scored) ............... 72 1.3 Configure sudo ................................................................................................................................... 73 1.3.1 Ensure sudo is installed (Scored) .................................................................................. 74 1.3.2 Ensure sudo commands use pty (Scored) .................................................................. 76 1.3.3 Ensure sudo log file exists (Scored) .............................................................................. 78 1.4 Filesystem Integrity Checking ...................................................................................................... 80 1.4.1 Ensure AIDE is installed (Scored) .................................................................................. 81 1.4.2 Ensure filesystem integrity is regularly checked (Scored) .................................. 83 1.5 Secure Boot Settings ........................................................................................................................ 85 1.5.1 Ensure permissions on bootloader config are configured (Scored) ................ 86 1.5.2 Ensure bootloader password is set (Scored) ............................................................ 88 1.5.3 Ensure authentication required for single user mode (Scored) ........................ 90 1.6 Additional Process Hardening ..................................................................................................... 92 1.6.1 Ensure core dumps are restricted (Scored) .............................................................. 93 1.6.2 Ensure address space layout randomization (ASLR) is enabled (Scored) .... 95 1.7 Mandatory Access Control ............................................................................................................. 97 3 | P a g e 1.7.1 Configure SELinux .................................................................................................................... 98 1.7.1.1 Ensure SELinux is installed (Scored) ...................................................................... 100 1.7.1.2 Ensure SELinux is not disabled in bootloader configuration (Scored) ..... 101 1.7.1.3 Ensure SELinux policy is configured (Scored) .................................................... 103 1.7.1.4 Ensure the SELinux state is enforcing (Scored) ................................................. 105 1.7.1.5 Ensure no unconfined services exist (Scored) .................................................... 106 1.7.1.6 Ensure SETroubleshoot is not installed (Scored) .............................................. 107 1.7.1.7 Ensure the MCS Translation Service (mcstrans) is not installed (Scored) .............................................................................................................................................................. 108 1.8 Warning Banners............................................................................................................................. 109 1.8.1 Command Line Warning Banners .................................................................................... 110 1.8.1.1 Ensure message of the day is configured properly (Scored) ......................... 111 1.8.1.2 Ensure local login warning banner is configured properly (Scored) ......... 113 1.8.1.3 Ensure remote login warning banner is configured properly (Scored).... 115 1.8.1.4 Ensure permissions on /etc/motd are configured (Scored) ......................... 117 1.8.1.5 Ensure permissions on /etc/issue are configured (Scored) ......................... 118 1.8.1.6 Ensure permissions on /etc/issue.net are configured (Scored) .................. 120 1.8.2 Ensure GDM login banner is configured (Scored) ................................................. 121 1.9 Ensure updates, patches, and additional security software are installed (Scored) ............................................................................................................................................ 123 1.10 Ensure system-wide