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2.1610 - The system must be configured so that the file integrity tool is configured to verify extended attributes - installed

Information

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

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://docs.fedoraproject.org/f28/system-administrators-guide/index.html

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7(5), CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, CSCv6|2.2

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: cd01052f95d81dcf9621b368d4557b9f5fc512e3db748d7e2d93dd64a5cbf337