STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

RHEL 8 must disable acquiring, saving, and processing core dumps.

DISA Rule

SV-230312r627750_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230312

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010672

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the system to disable the systemd-coredump.socket with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl mask systemd-coredump.socket

Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/systemd-coredump.socket -> /dev/null

Reload the daemon for this change to take effect.

$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

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Verify RHEL 8 is not configured to acquire, save, or process core dumps with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl status systemd-coredump.socket

systemd-coredump.socket
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit ctrl-alt-del.target is masked.)
Active: inactive (dead)

If the "systemd-coredump.socket" is loaded and not masked and the need for core dumps is not documented with the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230312

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010672

Severity Override Guidance

Verify RHEL 8 is not configured to acquire, save, or process core dumps with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl status systemd-coredump.socket

systemd-coredump.socket
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit ctrl-alt-del.target is masked.)
Active: inactive (dead)

If the "systemd-coredump.socket" is loaded and not masked and the need for core dumps is not documented with the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

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Target Key

2921

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