[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance Updated DISA STIG Checklist for RHEL 8 with bug fixes, published 2024-06-05

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated DISA STIG Checklist for RHEL 8 with bug fixes

*Security Benchmark:*
DISA STIG Checklist for RHEL 8 Benchmark, V1,R12

*Published Sites:*
DISA STIG Checklist for RHEL 8, site version 19
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details:*

·       Fixed and Improved implementation and added more remediation
support for the following check:

-        RHEL 8 must use reverse path filtering on all IPv4 interfaces.

-        Successful/unsuccessful uses of the kmod command in RHEL 8 must
generate an audit record

-        The RHEL 8 audit system must be configured to audit the execution
of privileged functions and

prevent all software from executing at higher privilege levels than users
executing the software.

-        RHEL 8 must prohibit the use of cached authentications after one
day.

-        RHEL 8 must use a separate file system for /var/log

-        A separate RHEL 8 filesystem must be used for the /tmp directory



*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=04%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7C57a38011e90149b1dc5808d9793e1d0c%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637674129971773238%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=gZuYo6ROq%2BFAjYfQYc2%2BJxc%2FkUvbuYS7K%2BRA%2FJiizes%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=04%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7C57a38011e90149b1dc5808d9793e1d0c%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637674129971783194%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=gfMu6ZdFXyD8jqzF8%2BYQdc7Tv3zuiZr81YkzwLpdDS8%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=04%7C01%7Cshriramesachin.gulab%40hcl.com%7C57a38011e90149b1dc5808d9793e1d0c%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637674129971783194%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=0OD4f8RUxnRZVEr77q%2F4ckk5VsgwnREMRJAu4ShVaww%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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