CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 v4.0.0 L2 Server

Audit Details

Name: CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 v4.0.0 L2 Server

Updated: 7/23/2026

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.5

Estimated Item Count: 62

File Details

Filename: CIS_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_7_v4.0.0_L2_Server.audit

Size: 366 kB

MD5: e13da294bc3106e240128a80a68918d4
SHA256: 903ec18b190165c7eed3199f105fe92170344544d5e27c0284e0a030a40acbac

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
1.1.1.6 Ensure squashfs kernel module is not available

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

1.1.1.7 Ensure udf kernel module is not available

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

1.1.2.3.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /home

ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.2.4.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var

ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.2.5.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/tmp

ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.2.6.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/log

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

1.1.2.7.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/log/audit

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

1.2.3 Ensure repo_gpgcheck is globally activated

RISK ASSESSMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

1.5.1.5 Ensure the SELinux mode is enforcing

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

1.7.1 Ensure GNOME Display Manager is removed

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

2.2.20 Ensure X window server services are not in use

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

2.3.2 Ensure ldap client is not installed

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

3.2.1 Ensure dccp kernel module is not available

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

3.2.2 Ensure tipc kernel module is not available

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

3.2.3 Ensure rds kernel module is not available

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

3.2.4 Ensure sctp kernel module is not available

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

4.2.8 Ensure sshd DisableForwarding is enabled

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

4.2.9 Ensure sshd GSSAPIAuthentication is disabled

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

4.3.4 Ensure users must provide password for escalation

ACCESS CONTROL

4.4.2.1.4 Ensure password failed attempts lockout includes root account

ACCESS CONTROL

4.5.3.1 Ensure nologin is not listed in /etc/shells

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

5.2.1.1 Ensure audit is installed

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

5.2.1.2 Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.1.3 Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

5.2.1.4 Ensure auditd service is enabled

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

5.2.2.1 Ensure audit log storage size is configured

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.2.2 Ensure audit logs are not automatically deleted

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.2.3 Ensure system is disabled when audit logs are full

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

5.2.2.4 Ensure system warns when audit logs are low on space

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

5.2.3.1 Ensure changes to system administration scope (sudoers) is collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.2 Ensure actions as another user are always logged

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.3 Ensure events that modify the sudo log file are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.4 Ensure events that modify date and time information are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.5 Ensure events that modify the system's network environment are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.6 Ensure use of privileged commands are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.7 Ensure unsuccessful file access attempts are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.8 Ensure events that modify user/group information are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.9 Ensure discretionary access control permission modification events are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.10 Ensure successful file system mounts are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

5.2.3.11 Ensure session initiation information is collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.12 Ensure login and logout events are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.13 Ensure file deletion events by users are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.14 Ensure events that modify the system's Mandatory Access Controls are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.15 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the chcon command are recorded

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.16 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the setfacl command are recorded

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.17 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the chacl command are recorded

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.18 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the usermod command are recorded

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.19 Ensure kernel module loading unloading and modification is collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5.2.3.20 Ensure the audit configuration is immutable

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, MEDIA PROTECTION

5.2.3.21 Ensure the running and on disk configuration is the same

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY