[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance Updated CIS Checklist for RHEL 7 with bug fixes, published 2024-03-01

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with bug fixes.

*Security Benchmark:*
CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Benchmark, v3.1.1

*Published Sites:*
CIS Checklist for RHEL 7, site version 57
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details:*

   - Fixed and Improved implementation for the following check:

4.1.11 - Ensure use of privileged commands is collected
1.1.22 - Ensure sticky bit is set on all world-writable directories
6.1.10 - Ensure no world writable files exist
6.1.11 - Ensure no unowned files or directories exist
6.1.12 - Ensure no ungrouped files or directories exist
3.5.2.7 - Ensure nftables loopback traffic is configured
3.5.3.3.5 - Ensure ip6tables rules are saved
3.5.3.3.6 - Ensure ip6tables is enabled and running
3.5.3.3.4 - Ensure ip6tables default deny firewall policy
3.5.3.3.1 - Ensure ip6tables loopback traffic is configured
3.3.1 - Ensure source routed packets are not accepted
3.3.2 - Ensure ICMP redirects are not accepted
3.3.9 - Ensure IPv6 router advertisements are not accepted
3.2.1 - Ensure IP forwarding is disabled


*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 9.5 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/11.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html

*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
   - BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:

   https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=enus#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/SCM%20Checklists

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

*– The BigFix Compliance team*
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