DISA Amazon Linux 2023 STIG v1r1

Audit Details

Name: DISA Amazon Linux 2023 STIG v1r1

Updated: 11/24/2025

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 193

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_Amazon_Linux_2023_v1r1.audit

Size: 473 kB

MD5: a6b29a2825e429a5a03ddcb77e55012b
SHA256: b6a0d275d04fd2077cbe215e69fa1d302f325a3732d0a99f75d770547faf76d2

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
AZLX-23-000100 - Amazon Linux 2023 local disk partitions must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure or modification of all information that requires at rest protection.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-000110 - Amazon Linux 2023 must ensure cryptographic verification of vendor software packages.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-000115 - Amazon Linux 2023 must check the GPG signature of locally installed software packages before installation.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-000120 - Amazon Linux 2023 must check the GPG signature of software packages originating from external software repositories before installation.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-000125 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have GPG signature verification enabled for all software repositories.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-000130 - Amazon Linux 2023 must be a vendor-supported release.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

AZLX-23-000135 - Amazon Linux 2023 systemd-journald service must be enabled.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-000200 - Amazon Linux 2023 must restrict access to the kernel message buffer.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-000205 - Amazon Linux 2023 must prevent kernel profiling by nonprivileged users.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-000210 - Amazon Linux 2023 must restrict exposed kernel pointer addresses access.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

AZLX-23-000215 - Amazon Linux 2023 must disable access to network bpf system call from nonprivileged processes.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-000220 - Amazon Linux 2023 must restrict usage of ptrace to descendant processes.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-000225 - Amazon Linux 2023 must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

AZLX-23-000300 - Amazon Linux 2023 must not have the vsftpd package installed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AZLX-23-000305 - Amazon Linux 2023 must not have the sendmail package installed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-000310 - Amazon Linux 2023 must not have the nfs-utils package installed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-000315 - Amazon Linux 2023 must not have the telnet-server package installed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-000320 - Amazon Linux 2023 must not have the gssproxy package installed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-001000 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the sudo package installed.

ACCESS CONTROL

AZLX-23-001005 - Amazon Linux 2023 must not be configured to bypass password requirements for privilege escalation.

ACCESS CONTROL

AZLX-23-001010 - Amazon Linux 2023 must require reauthentication when using the "sudo" command.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AZLX-23-001015 - Amazon Linux 2023 must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AZLX-23-001020 - Amazon Linux 2023 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-001025 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the audit package installed.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, MAINTENANCE

AZLX-23-001030 - Amazon Linux 2023 must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, MAINTENANCE

AZLX-23-001035 - Amazon Linux 2023 audispd-plugins package must be installed.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AZLX-23-001040 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the rsyslog package installed.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AZLX-23-001045 - Amazon Linux 2023 must monitor remote access methods.

ACCESS CONTROL

AZLX-23-001050 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the chrony package installed.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AZLX-23-001055 - Amazon Linux 2023 chronyd service must be enabled.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AZLX-23-001060 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) package installed.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

AZLX-23-001065 - Amazon Linux 2023 must routinely check the baseline configuration for unauthorized changes and notify the system administrator when anomalies in the operation of any security functions are discovered.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

AZLX-23-001070 - Amazon Linux 2023 must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit tools.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AZLX-23-001075 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the firewalld package installed.

ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-001080 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the firewalld servicew active.

ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-001085 - Amazon Linux 2023 must be configured to disable nonessential capabilities.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-001090 - Amazon Linux 2023 must manage excess capacity, bandwidth, or other redundancy to limit the effects of information flooding types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-001095 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the s-nail package installed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AZLX-23-001105 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the libreswan package installed.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AZLX-23-001110 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the policycoreutils package installed.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-001115 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the pcsc-lite package installed.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AZLX-23-001120 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the packages required for encrypting off-loaded audit logs installed.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AZLX-23-001125 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the opensc package installed.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AZLX-23-001130 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the openssl-pkcs11 package installed.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AZLX-23-001180 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have SSH installed.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-001185 - Amazon Linux 2023 must implement SSH to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted and received information, as well as information during preparation for transmission.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-001195 - Amazon Linux 2023 must have the crypto-policies package installed.

MAINTENANCE, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AZLX-23-001200 - Amazon Linux 2023 SSH server must be configured to use systemwide crypto policies.

ACCESS CONTROL

AZLX-23-001205 - Amazon Linux 2023 server must be configured to use only DOD-approved encryption ciphers employing FIPS 140-2/140-3 validated cryptographic hash algorithms to protect the confidentiality of SSH server connections.

ACCESS CONTROL

AZLX-23-001210 - Amazon Linux 2023 SSH server must be configured to use only Message Authentication Codes (MACs) employing FIPS 140-2/140-3 validated cryptographic hash algorithms to protect the confidentiality of SSH server connections.

ACCESS CONTROL