Updates for final release v2.0

defaults/main.yml

@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ amazon2cis_ssh_loglevel: INFO
 # To conform to CIS standards this value nees to be 10 or less
 amazon2cis_ssh_maxsessions: 10
 amazon2cis_sshd:
-    # clientalivecountmax: 0
+    clientalivecountmax: 0
     # clientaliveinterval shoudl be between 1 and 900
     clientaliveinterval: 300
     ciphers: "[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr"

tasks/section_1/cis_1.4.x.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         lineinfile:
             dest: /usr/lib/systemd/system/rescue.service
             regexp: '/sbin/sulogin'
-            line: 'ExecStart=-/bin/sh -c "/sbin/sulogin; /usr/bin/systemctl --fail --no-block default'
+            line: 'ExecStart=-/bin/sh -c "/sbin/sulogin; /usr/bin/systemctl --fail --no-block default"'
   when:
       - amazon2cis_rule_1_4_2
       - ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] is version('2', '>=')

tasks/section_4/cis_4.1.1.x.yml

@@ -34,26 +34,26 @@
 - name: "4.1.1.3 | PATCH | Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled"
   block:
       - name: "4.1.1.3 | PATCH | Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled | Get Grub CMDLINE Settings"
-        shell: grep GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= /etc/default/grub | cut -d'"' -f2
+        shell: grep -c -E '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX(_DEFAULT)?=' /etc/default/grub
         changed_when: false
         failed_when: false
         register: amazon2cis_4_1_1_3_grub_cmdline_linux
 
-      - name: "4.1.1.3 | PATCH | Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled | Set if audit setting already set"
-        replace:
+      - name: "4.1.1.3 | PATCH | Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled | Set if Grub CMDLINE exists"
+        lineinfile:
             path: /etc/default/grub
-            regexp: 'audit=([^\D]+)'
-            replace: 'audit=1'
+            regexp: '^(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX(?:_DEFAULT)?)="(.*)( audit=\d)?(.*)"'
+            line: '\1="\2 audit=1\3"'
+            backrefs: true
         notify: grub2cfg
-        when: "'audit=' in amazon2cis_4_1_1_3_grub_cmdline_linux.stdout"
+        when: "'1' in amazon2cis_4_1_1_3_grub_cmdline_linux.stdout"
 
-      - name: "4.1.1.3 | PATCH | Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled | Set if audit setting not already set"
+      - name: "4.1.1.3 | PATCH | Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled | Set if Grub CMDLINE does not exist"
         lineinfile:
             path: /etc/default/grub
-            regexp: '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='
-            line: 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="{{ amazon2cis_4_1_1_3_grub_cmdline_linux.stdout }} audit=1"'
+            line: 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="audit=1"'
         notify: grub2cfg
-        when: "'audit=' not in amazon2cis_4_1_1_3_grub_cmdline_linux.stdout"
+        when: "'0' in amazon2cis_4_1_1_3_grub_cmdline_linux.stdout"
   when:
       - amazon2cis_rule_4_1_1_3
   tags:

tasks/section_4/cis_4.1.2.x.yml

@@ -55,26 +55,26 @@
 - name: "4.1.2.4 | PATCH | Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient"
   block:
       - name: "4.1.2.4 | AUDIT | Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient | Grep GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX parameter"
-        shell: grep 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=' /etc/default/grub | cut -f2 -d'"'
+        shell: grep -c -E 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX(_DEFAULT)?=' /etc/default/grub
         changed_when: false
         failed_when: false
         register: amazon2cis_4_1_2_4_grub_cmdline_linux_settings
 
-      - name: "4.1.2.4 | PATCH | Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient | Set audit_backlog_limit if not configured"
+      - name: "4.1.2.4 | PATCH | Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient | Set audit_backlog_limit if GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX exists"
         lineinfile:
-            dest: /etc/default/grub
-            regexp: '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='
-            line: 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="{{ amazon2cis_4_1_2_4_grub_cmdline_linux_settings.stdout }} audit_backlog_limit={{ amazon2cis_audit_backlog_limit }}"'
+            path: /etc/default/grub
+            regexp: '^(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX(?:_DEFAULT)?)="(.*)( audit_backlog_limit={{ amazon2cis_audit_backlog_limit }})?(.*)"'
+            line: '\1="\2 audit_backlog_limit={{ amazon2cis_audit_backlog_limit }}\3"'
+            backrefs: true
         notify: grub2cfg
-        when: '"audit_backlog_limit" not in amazon2cis_4_1_2_4_grub_cmdline_linux_settings.stdout'
+        when: "'1' in amazon2cis_4_1_2_4_grub_cmdline_linux_settings.stdout"
 
-      - name: "4.1.2.4 | PATCH | Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient | Adjust audit_backlog_limit if exists"
-        replace:
-            dest: /etc/default/grub
-            regexp: 'audit_backlog_limit=([^\D]+)'
-            replace: 'audit_backlog_limit={{ amazon2cis_audit_backlog_limit }}'
+      - name: "4.1.2.4 | PATCH | Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient | Set audit_backlog_limit if GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX does not exists"
+        lineinfile:
+            path: /etc/default/grub
+            replace: 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="audit_backlog_limit={{ amazon2cis_audit_backlog_limit }}"'
         notify: grub2cfg
-        when: '"audit_backlog_limit" in amazon2cis_4_1_2_4_grub_cmdline_linux_settings.stdout'
+        when: "'0' in amazon2cis_4_1_2_4_grub_cmdline_linux_settings.stdout"
   when:
       - amazon2cis_rule_4_1_2_4
   tags:

tasks/section_5/cis_5.3.x.yml

@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
         lineinfile:
             path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
             regexp: '^ClientAliveCountMax'
-            line: "ClientAliveCountMax 0"
+            line: "ClientAliveCountMax {{ amazon2cis_sshd['clientalivecountmax'] }}"
         notify: restart sshd
   when:
       - amazon2cis_rule_5_3_16