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CIS Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS Server L2 v2.0.1

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Audit Details

Name: CIS Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS Server L2 v2.0.1

Updated: 9/19/2025

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.9

Estimated Item Count: 57

File Details

Filename: CIS_Ubuntu_20.04_LTS_v2.0.1_L2_Server.audit

Size: 277 kB

MD5: 6f441041cf538ca06eca9a08394753f7
SHA256: 297c34c3ad73396f20f474b5f40dcee1fc25dca8a8ecd28ac67aff5166af2871

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
1.1.1.6 Ensure mounting of squashfs filesystems is disabled
1.1.1.7 Ensure mounting of udf filesystems is disabled
1.1.3.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var
1.1.4.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/tmp
1.1.5.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/log
1.1.6.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/log/audit
1.1.7.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /home
1.6.1.4 Ensure all AppArmor Profiles are enforcing
1.8.1 Ensure GNOME Display Manager is removed
2.2.1 Ensure X Window System is not installed
3.1.4 Ensure DCCP is disabled
3.1.5 Ensure SCTP is disabled
3.1.6 Ensure RDS is disabled
3.1.7 Ensure TIPC is disabled
4.2.12 Ensure SSH X11 forwarding is disabled
4.2.16 Ensure SSH AllowTcpForwarding is disabled
4.3.4 Ensure users must provide password for privilege escalation
4.5.6 Ensure nologin is not listed in /etc/shells
5.2.1.1 Ensure auditd is installed
5.2.1.2 Ensure auditd service is enabled and active
5.2.1.3 Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled
5.2.1.4 Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient
5.2.2.1 Ensure audit log storage size is configured
5.2.2.2 Ensure audit logs are not automatically deleted
5.2.2.3 Ensure system is disabled when audit logs are full
5.2.3.1 Ensure changes to system administration scope (sudoers) is collected
5.2.3.2 Ensure actions as another user are always logged
5.2.3.3 Ensure events that modify the sudo log file are collected
5.2.3.4 Ensure events that modify date and time information are collected
5.2.3.5 Ensure events that modify the system's network environment are collected
5.2.3.6 Ensure use of privileged commands are collected
5.2.3.7 Ensure unsuccessful file access attempts are collected
5.2.3.8 Ensure events that modify user/group information are collected
5.2.3.9 Ensure discretionary access control permission modification events are collected
5.2.3.10 Ensure successful file system mounts are collected
5.2.3.11 Ensure session initiation information is collected
5.2.3.12 Ensure login and logout events are collected
5.2.3.13 Ensure file deletion events by users are collected
5.2.3.14 Ensure events that modify the system's Mandatory Access Controls are collected
5.2.3.15 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the chcon command are recorded
5.2.3.16 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the setfacl command are recorded
5.2.3.17 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the chacl command are recorded
5.2.3.18 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the usermod command are recorded
5.2.3.19 Ensure kernel module loading unloading and modification is collected
5.2.3.20 Ensure the audit configuration is immutable
5.2.3.21 Ensure the running and on disk configuration is the same
5.2.4.1 Ensure audit log files are mode 0640 or less permissive
5.2.4.2 Ensure only authorized users own audit log files
5.2.4.3 Ensure only authorized groups are assigned ownership of audit log files
5.2.4.4 Ensure the audit log directory is 0750 or more restrictive