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CIS Debian Linux 10 v2.0.0 L1 Workstation

Audit Details

Name: CIS Debian Linux 10 v2.0.0 L1 Workstation

Updated: 10/31/2025

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.32

Estimated Item Count: 224

File Details

Filename: CIS_Debian_Linux_10_v2.0.0_L1_Workstation.audit

Size: 982 kB

MD5: 2e79c9b54c552823b4eef21613d8e5ab
SHA256: 62d8652bbaef8b10463dcf02fee3564523a66c9d34393f7fb2fba9c8dd2524b3

Audit Changelog

 
Revision 1.32

Oct 31, 2025

Functional Update
  • 1.8.10 Ensure XDCMP is not enabled
  • 2.1.1.1 Ensure a single time synchronization daemon is in use
  • 4.2.10 Ensure SSH PermitUserEnvironment is disabled
  • 4.2.12 Ensure SSH X11 forwarding is disabled
  • 4.2.19 Ensure SSH MaxStartups is configured
  • 4.2.2 Ensure permissions on SSH private host key files are configured
  • 4.2.20 Ensure SSH LoginGraceTime is set to one minute or less
  • 4.2.22 Ensure SSH Idle Timeout Interval is configured
  • 4.2.3 Ensure permissions on SSH public host key files are configured
  • 4.2.4 Ensure SSH access is limited
  • 4.2.6 Ensure SSH PAM is enabled
  • 4.2.8 Ensure SSH HostbasedAuthentication is disabled
  • 5.1.2.1 Ensure rsyslog is installed
  • 5.1.2.2 Ensure rsyslog service is enabled
  • 5.1.2.7 Ensure rsyslog is not configured to receive logs from a remote client
Informational Update
  • 1.1.1.1 Ensure mounting of cramfs filesystems is disabled
  • 1.1.1.2 Ensure mounting of freevxfs filesystems is disabled
  • 1.1.1.3 Ensure mounting of jffs2 filesystems is disabled
  • 1.1.1.4 Ensure mounting of hfs filesystems is disabled
  • 1.1.1.5 Ensure mounting of hfsplus filesystems is disabled
  • 1.1.2.1 Ensure /tmp is a separate partition
  • 1.1.2.2 Ensure nodev option set on /tmp partition
  • 1.1.2.3 Ensure noexec option set on /tmp partition
  • 1.1.2.4 Ensure nosuid option set on /tmp partition
  • 1.1.3.2 Ensure nodev option set on /var partition
  • 1.1.3.3 Ensure nosuid option set on /var partition
  • 1.1.4.2 Ensure nodev option set on /var/tmp partition
  • 1.1.4.3 Ensure noexec option set on /var/tmp partition
  • 1.1.4.4 Ensure nosuid option set on /var/tmp partition
  • 1.1.5.2 Ensure nodev option set on /var/log partition
  • 1.1.5.3 Ensure noexec option set on /var/log partition
  • 1.1.5.4 Ensure nosuid option set on /var/log partition
  • 1.1.6.2 Ensure nodev option set on /var/log/audit partition
  • 1.1.6.3 Ensure noexec option set on /var/log/audit partition
  • 1.1.6.4 Ensure nosuid option set on /var/log/audit partition
  • 1.1.7.2 Ensure nodev option set on /home partition
  • 1.1.7.3 Ensure nosuid option set on /home partition
  • 1.4.1 Ensure bootloader password is set
  • 1.5.1 Ensure address space layout randomization (ASLR) is enabled
  • 1.5.2 Ensure ptrace_scope is restricted
  • 1.5.5 Ensure core dumps are restricted
  • 1.7.1 Ensure message of the day is configured properly
  • 1.7.2 Ensure local login warning banner is configured properly
  • 1.7.3 Ensure remote login warning banner is configured properly
  • 1.8.10 Ensure XDCMP is not enabled
  • 1.8.2 Ensure GDM login banner is configured
  • 1.8.3 Ensure GDM disable-user-list option is enabled
  • 1.8.4 Ensure GDM screen locks when the user is idle
  • 1.8.5 Ensure GDM screen locks cannot be overridden
  • 1.8.8 Ensure GDM autorun-never is enabled
  • 1.8.9 Ensure GDM autorun-never is not overridden
  • 2.1.1.1 Ensure a single time synchronization daemon is in use
  • 2.1.2.1 Ensure chrony is configured with authorized timeserver
  • 2.1.2.2 Ensure chrony is running as user _chrony
  • 2.1.3.1 Ensure systemd-timesyncd configured with authorized timeserver
  • 2.1.4.1 Ensure ntp access control is configured
  • 2.1.4.2 Ensure ntp is configured with authorized timeserver
  • 2.1.4.3 Ensure ntp is running as user ntp
  • 2.2.13 Ensure SNMP Server is not installed
  • 2.3.2 Ensure rsh client is not installed
  • 3.2.1 Ensure packet redirect sending is disabled
  • 3.2.2 Ensure IP forwarding is disabled
  • 3.3.1 Ensure source routed packets are not accepted
  • 3.3.2 Ensure ICMP redirects are not accepted
  • 3.3.3 Ensure secure ICMP redirects are not accepted
  • 3.3.4 Ensure suspicious packets are logged
  • 3.3.5 Ensure broadcast ICMP requests are ignored
  • 3.3.6 Ensure bogus ICMP responses are ignored
  • 3.3.7 Ensure Reverse Path Filtering is enabled
  • 3.3.8 Ensure TCP SYN Cookies is enabled
  • 3.3.9 Ensure IPv6 router advertisements are not accepted
  • 3.4.1.3 Ensure ufw service is enabled
  • 3.4.1.7 Ensure ufw default deny firewall policy
  • 3.4.2.1 Ensure nftables is installed
  • 3.4.2.5 Ensure nftables base chains exist
  • 3.4.2.8 Ensure nftables default deny firewall policy
  • 3.4.3.1.3 Ensure ufw is uninstalled or disabled with iptables
  • 3.4.3.2.1 Ensure iptables default deny firewall policy
  • 3.4.3.2.2 Ensure iptables loopback traffic is configured
  • 3.4.3.2.3 Ensure iptables outbound and established connections are configured
  • 4.1.1 Ensure cron daemon is enabled and active
  • 4.1.2 Ensure permissions on /etc/crontab are configured
  • 4.1.3 Ensure permissions on /etc/cron.hourly are configured
  • 4.1.4 Ensure permissions on /etc/cron.daily are configured
  • 4.1.5 Ensure permissions on /etc/cron.weekly are configured
  • 4.1.6 Ensure permissions on /etc/cron.monthly are configured
  • 4.1.7 Ensure permissions on /etc/cron.d are configured
  • 4.1.8 Ensure cron is restricted to authorized users
  • 4.1.9 Ensure at is restricted to authorized users
  • 4.2.1 Ensure permissions on /etc/ssh/sshd_config are configured
  • 4.2.11 Ensure SSH IgnoreRhosts is enabled
  • 4.2.2 Ensure permissions on SSH private host key files are configured
  • 4.2.22 Ensure SSH Idle Timeout Interval is configured
  • 4.2.3 Ensure permissions on SSH public host key files are configured
  • 4.2.6 Ensure SSH PAM is enabled
  • 4.2.7 Ensure SSH root login is disabled
  • 4.2.8 Ensure SSH HostbasedAuthentication is disabled
  • 4.3.1 Ensure sudo is installed
  • 4.3.2 Ensure sudo commands use pty
  • 4.3.3 Ensure sudo log file exists
  • 4.3.6 Ensure sudo authentication timeout is configured correctly
  • 4.3.7 Ensure access to the su command is restricted
  • 4.4.2 Ensure lockout for failed password attempts is configured
  • 4.4.4 Ensure strong password hashing algorithm is configured
  • 4.4.5 Ensure all current passwords uses the configured hashing algorithm
  • 4.5.1.2 Ensure password expiration is 365 days or less
  • 4.5.2 Ensure system accounts are secured
  • 4.5.4 Ensure default user umask is 027 or more restrictive
  • 4.5.5 Ensure default user shell timeout is configured
  • 5.1.1.1.4 Ensure journald is not configured to receive logs from a remote client
  • 5.1.1.2 Ensure journald service is enabled
  • 5.1.1.4 Ensure journald is configured to write logfiles to persistent disk
  • 5.1.2.4 Ensure rsyslog default file permissions are configured
  • 5.1.2.5 Ensure logging is configured
  • 5.1.2.7 Ensure rsyslog is not configured to receive logs from a remote client
  • 5.1.3 Ensure all logfiles have appropriate access configured
  • 5.2.4.11 Ensure cryptographic mechanisms are used to protect the integrity of audit tools
  • 6.1.11 Ensure world writable files and directories are secured
  • 6.2.1 Ensure accounts in /etc/passwd use shadowed passwords
  • 6.2.11 Ensure local interactive user home directories are configured
  • 6.2.12 Ensure local interactive user dot files access is configured
  • 6.2.3 Ensure all groups in /etc/passwd exist in /etc/group
  • 6.2.4 Ensure shadow group is empty
  • 6.2.7 Ensure no duplicate user names exist
  • 6.2.8 Ensure no duplicate group names exist
Miscellaneous
  • Metadata updated.
  • Platform check updated.
  • Variables updated.
Added
  • CIS_Debian_Linux_10_v2.0.0_L1_Workstation.audit from CIS Debian Linux 10 Benchmark v2.0.0
Removed
  • CIS_Debian_Linux_10_v2.0.0_L1_Workstation.audit from CIS Debian Linux 10 Benchmark
Revision 1.31

Jun 16, 2025

Functional Update
  • 6.1.5 Ensure permissions on /etc/shadow are configured
Revision 1.30

Apr 7, 2025

Functional Update
  • 2.1.1.1 Ensure a single time synchronization daemon is in use
Revision 1.29

Mar 31, 2025

Functional Update
  • 6.1.6 Ensure permissions on /etc/shadow- are configured
Miscellaneous
  • References updated.
Revision 1.28

Jan 6, 2025

Informational Update
  • 1.1.1.1 Ensure mounting of cramfs filesystems is disabled
  • 1.1.1.2 Ensure mounting of freevxfs filesystems is disabled
  • 1.1.1.3 Ensure mounting of jffs2 filesystems is disabled
  • 1.1.1.4 Ensure mounting of hfs filesystems is disabled
  • 1.1.1.5 Ensure mounting of hfsplus filesystems is disabled
  • 1.8.2 Ensure GDM login banner is configured
  • 1.8.5 Ensure GDM screen locks cannot be overridden
  • 1.8.8 Ensure GDM autorun-never is enabled
  • 1.8.9 Ensure GDM autorun-never is not overridden
  • 2.1.3.1 Ensure systemd-timesyncd configured with authorized timeserver
  • 4.1.8 Ensure cron is restricted to authorized users
  • 4.1.9 Ensure at is restricted to authorized users
  • 4.2.2 Ensure permissions on SSH private host key files are configured
  • 4.2.3 Ensure permissions on SSH public host key files are configured
  • 4.4.5 Ensure all current passwords uses the configured hashing algorithm
  • 4.5.2 Ensure system accounts are secured
  • 5.1.3 Ensure all logfiles have appropriate access configured
  • 6.1.10 Ensure permissions on /etc/opasswd are configured
  • 6.1.11 Ensure world writable files and directories are secured
  • 6.2.11 Ensure local interactive user home directories are configured
  • 6.2.12 Ensure local interactive user dot files access is configured
Miscellaneous
  • Metadata updated.
Revision 1.27

Dec 27, 2024

Functional Update
  • 1.5.4 Ensure Automatic Error Reporting is not enabled
Revision 1.26

Nov 6, 2024

Functional Update
  • 6.1.11 Ensure world writable files and directories are secured
  • 6.1.12 Ensure no unowned or ungrouped files or directories exist
  • 6.1.13 Ensure SUID and SGID files are reviewed
Revision 1.25

Aug 26, 2024

Functional Update
  • 1.4.3 Ensure authentication required for single user mode
  • 4.5.5 Ensure default user shell timeout is configured
Miscellaneous
  • References updated.
Revision 1.24

Jul 31, 2024

Miscellaneous
  • Variables updated.
Revision 1.23

Jun 17, 2024

Miscellaneous
  • Metadata updated.