What changed in Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide V2R3V2R3 changes

Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide V2R3 (2021-03-10) replaced V2R2 (2020-12-09): 1 rule updated. It has 109 rules, against 109 in V2R2.

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Updated in V2R3 (1)

V-214939CAT IThe Ubuntu operating system must be a vendor supported release.Check text

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AND - Unix-like OS family_test (check: all, existence: at_least_one_exists) object family_object: state family_state: family equals "unix" - Ubuntu 16.04 is installed textfilecontent54_test (check: all, existence: at_least_one_exists) object textfilecontent54_object: pattern pattern match "^.*Ubuntu.*\\nDISTRIB_RELEASE=(\\d{1,2}\\.\\d{1,2})$"; path equals "/etc"; filename equals "lsb-release"; instance equals "1" state textfilecontent54_state: subexpression equals "16.04" Verify the version of the Ubuntu operating system is vendor supported. Check the version of the Ubuntu operating system with the following command: # cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS" CurrentValidate Endthat of"Extended LifeSecurity forMaintenance" Ubuntusupport 16.04has LTSbeen ispurchased Aprilfrom 2021the vendor. If the releaseoperating issystem does not supportedhave bya thedocumented vendor"Extended Security Maintenance" agreement in place, this is a finding.

V-214939 in V2R3

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