[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated CIS Checklist for Oracle Linux 8 with bug fixes, published 2023-01-12

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Product:
BigFix Compliance

Title:
Updated CIS Oracle Linux 8 with bug fixes.

Security Benchmark:
CIS Oracle Linux 8 Benchmark, v2.0.0

Published Sites:
CIS Checklist for Oracle Linux 8, site version 4
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

Details:

  *   Fixed and Improved implementation for the following check:
5.6.3 - Ensure default user shell timeout is 900 seconds or less.

3.4.3.3.4 - Ensure ip6tables default deny firewall policy.

3.4.3.2.4 - Ensure iptables default deny firewall policy.

1.7.2 - Ensure local login warning banner is configured properly.

1.7.3 - Ensure remote login warning banner is configured properly.

1.7.4 - Ensure permissions on /etc/motd are configured.

1.4.2 - Ensure permissions on bootloader config are configured.

5.3.7 - Ensure access to the su command is restricted.

4.2.2.5 - Ensure journald is not configured to send logs to rsyslog.

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 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://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhelp.hcltechsw.com%2Fbigfix%2F10.0%2Fcompliance%2FCompliance%2FSCM_Users_Guide%2Fc_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html&data=05%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7C77c8f8928194418b6b7508da898d0eb5%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637973536196374789%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FWttlfxwzqpb8nBJnQlnasY37bB4z7hLr4Rcxa45Ac4%3D&reserved=0>

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

  *   BigFix Forum:
https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.bigfix.com%2Fc%2Frelease-announcements%2Fcompliance&data=05%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7C77c8f8928194418b6b7508da898d0eb5%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637973536196531991%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8CP%2FeoYwr8YIyDgsrOqgkcCWB66ZonZNfGB7TrbVxJw%3D&reserved=0>
  *   BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:
https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=en-us#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com%2Fwikis%2Fhome%3Flang%3Den-us%23!%2Fwiki%2FBigFix%2520Wiki%2Fpage%2FSCM%2520Checklists&data=05%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7C77c8f8928194418b6b7508da898d0eb5%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637973536196531991%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lnOiVDMUrHpDU5I%2BR4cucz0EUlpTkKoTeecUiFnViMM%3D&reserved=0>

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

– The BigFix Compliance team

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