Title

RHEL 8 must have the USBGuard installed. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Peripherals include, but are not limited to, such devices as flash drives, external storage, and printers. A new feature that RHEL 8 provides is the USBGuard software framework. The USBguard-daemon is the main component of the USBGuard software framework. It runs as a service in the background and enforces the USB device authorization policy for all USB devices. The policy is defined by a set of rules using a rule language described in the usbguard-rules.conf file. The policy and the authorization state of USB devices can be modified during runtime using the usbguard tool. The System Administrator (SA) must work with the site Information System Security Officer (ISSO) to determine a list of authorized peripherals and establish rules within the USBGuard software framework to allow only authorized devices.

Check Content

Verify USBGuard is installed on the operating system with the following command: $ sudo yum list installed usbguard Installed Packages usbguard.x86_64 0.7.8-7.el8 @ol8_appstream If the USBGuard package is not installed, ask the SA to indicate how unauthorized peripherals are being blocked. If there is no evidence that unauthorized peripherals are being blocked before establishing a connection, this is a finding. If the system is a virtual machine with no virtual or physical USB peripherals attached, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Install the USBGuard package with the following command: $ sudo yum install usbguard.x86_64

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-244547r1014811_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-244547

Group Title: SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163

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