[BESAdmin-Announcements] IBM BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for RHEL 6, RHEL 7, CentOS Linux 6 and CentOS Linux 7 published 2018-04-02

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Product:
IBM BigFix Compliance


Title:
Updated CIS Checklist for RHEL 6, RHEL 7, CentOS Linux 6 and CentOS Linux 7
to enhance the filesystem scan script, fix the remediation and compliance
logic.


Security Benchmark:
CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Benchmark, v2.0.2
CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Benchmark, v2.1.1
CIS CentOS Linux 6 Benchmark, v2.0.2
CIS CentOS Linux 7 Benchmark, v2.1.1


Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for RHEL 6, site version 20
CIS Checklist for RHEL 7, site version 8
CIS Checklist for CentOS Linux 6, site version 6
CIS Checklist for CentOS Linux 7, site version 6
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)


Details:


         Optimized filesystem scan script, less space needed for the
         fileresults.db and temporary files
         The task will now verify there is enough storage on endpoint
         before building the database
         x
         ccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.10_Ensure_no_world_writable_files_exist:
 Updated compliance logic of the fixlet
         xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.12_Ensure_no_ungrouped_files_or_directories_exist:
 Updated compliance logic of the fixlet
         x
         ccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_3.6.3_Ensure_loopback_traffic_is_configured:
 Updated compliance logic of the fixlet
         x
         ccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.7_Ensure_permissions_on_etcshadow-_are_configured:
 Updated remed and compliance logic of the fixlet
         x
         ccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.8_Ensure_permissions_on_etcgroup-_are_configured:
 Updated remed and compliance logic
         x
         ccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_rule_6.1.9_Ensure_permissions_on_etcgshadow-_are_configured:
 Updated remed  and compliance logic


Actions to take:


      ·	To subscribe to the above site, you can use the License Overview
         Dashboard to enable and gather the site. Note that you must be
         entitled to the BigFix Compliance product and you must be using
         IBM BigFix version 9.2 and later.

      ·	If you use custom sites, update your custom sites accordingly to
         use the latest content. You can synchronize your content by using
         the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard. For more information, see
         https://ibm.biz/Bd4LBt.



More information:
To know more about the IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see the
following resources:

      ·	IBM Developer Works:
         https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists


      ·	IBM BigFix Blog:
         https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910?lang=en


      ·	IBM BigFix Forum:
         https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance


We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective.
Thank you!

 -- The IBM BigFix Compliance team
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