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1.67 OL09-00-000304

Information

OL 9 must be configured so that the file integrity tool verifies extended attributes.

GROUP ID: V-271500
RULE ID: SV-271500r1091212

OL 9 installation media ships with an optional file integrity tool called Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE). AIDE is highly configurable at install time. This requirement assumes the "aide.conf" file is under the "/etc" directory.

Extended attributes in file systems are used to contain arbitrary data and file metadata with security implications.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the file integrity tool to check file and directory extended attributes.

If AIDE is installed, ensure the "xattrs" rule is present on all uncommented file and directory selection lists.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271500r1091212_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000304, Vuln-ID|V-271500

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: cf72c1b23d3c5c2f24ec8866e5a49f7d6cd43fd348c85e1073f1c845b1257a21