based on CIS 1.0.0 - 6th June 2023
This is bespoke to Amazon due to control IDs and associations. Redhat baselines can be more upto date but IDs and controls are not officially Amazon.
Set of configuration files and directories to run the stages of CIS of Amazon Linux 2023 servers
This is configured in a directory structure level.
Goss is run based on the goss.yml file in the top level directory. This specifies the configuration.
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You must have goss available to your host you would like to test.
You must have sudo/root access to the system as some commands require privilege information.
Assuming you have already clone this repository you can run goss from where you wish.
Please refer to the audit documentation for usage.
This also works alongside the Ansible Lockdown AMAZON2023-CIS role
Which will:
- install
- audit
- remediate
- audit
these are found in vars/cis.yml Please refer to the file for all options and their meanings
CIS listed variable for every control/benchmark can be turned on/off or section
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other controls enable_selinux run_heavy_tasks
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bespoke options If a site has specific options e.g. password complexity these can also be set.
You must have goss available to your host you would like to test.
You must have root access to the system as some commands require privilege information.
- Run as root not sudo due to sudo and shared memory access
Assuming you have already clone this repository you can run goss from where you wish.
- full check
# {{path to your goss binary}} --vars {{ path to the vars file }} -g {{path to your clone of this repo }}/goss.yml --validate
example:
# /usr/local/bin/goss --vars ../vars/cis.yml -g /home/bolly/rh7_cis_goss/goss.yml validate
......FF....FF................FF...F..FF.............F........................FSSSS.............FS.F.F.F.F.........FFFFF....
Failures/Skipped:
Title: 1.6.1 Ensure core dumps are restricted (Automated)_sysctl
Command: suid_dumpable_2: exit-status:
Expected
<int>: 1
to equal
<int>: 0
Command: suid_dumpable_2: stdout: patterns not found: [fs.suid_dumpable = 0]
Title: 1.4.2 Ensure filesystem integrity is regularly checked (Automated)
Service: aidecheck: enabled:
Expected
<bool>: false
to equal
<bool>: true
Service: aidecheck: running:
Expected
<bool>: false
to equal
<bool>: true
< ---------cut ------- >
Title: 1.1.22 Ensure sticky bit is set on all world-writable directories
Command: version: exit-status:
Expected
<int>: 0
to equal
<int>: 123
Total Duration: 5.102s
Count: 124, Failed: 21, Skipped: 5
- running a particular section of tests
# /usr/local/bin/goss -g /home/bolly/rh7_cis_goss/section_1/cis_1.1/cis_1.1.22.yml validate
............
Total Duration: 0.033s
Count: 12, Failed: 0, Skipped: 0
- changing the output
# /usr/local/bin/goss -g /home/bolly/rh7_cis_goss/section_1/cis_1.1/cis_1.1.22.yml validate -f documentation
Title: 1.1.20 Check for removeable media nodev
Command: floppy_nodev: exit-status: matches expectation: [0]
Command: floppy_nodev: stdout: matches expectation: [OK]
< -------cut ------- >
Title: 1.1.20 Check for removeable media noexec
Command: floppy_noexec: exit-status: matches expectation: [0]
Command: floppy_noexec: stdout: matches expectation: [OK]
Total Duration: 0.022s
Count: 12, Failed: 0, Skipped: 0sections_2/service.yml allows you to tune it further for specific environments.
In this case installed or skipped using the standard name for a package to be installed or _skip to skip a test.
Some sections can have several options in that case the skip flag maybe passed to the test. e.g.
- section_1/cis/1.3.2 - aide_scan_type - can be cron or timer depending on site policy
- section_1/cis/1.8 - need to review the MOTD and issue files for bespoke content
- section_1/cis_1.10/cis_1.10.yml - Has gdm either not installed or configured default to not installed and skipped configured.
- section_2/cis_2.2/cis_chrony_2.2.1.1.yml - this is chosen between ntp of chrony in the goss file