Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) – Post install security auditing tool

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The Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) is a post install security auditor for Linux/Unix. It checks many system configurations and local network settings on the system for common security/config errors and for packages that are not needed.

Install LSAT in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install lsat

Open the terminal and run lsat with the following options for test

Available options

-d  diff current and old md5 runs, output in lsatmd5.diff

-m <distribution>      Force a specific distribution test      Names
are: redhat, debian, mandrake, solaris, gentoo

-h      Show LSAT help

-a Show LSAT advanced help

-o <filename>      Output filename, default is last.out

-r      Check rpm integrity. RedHat or Mandrake only.

-s      Be silent. No output at all.

-x <filename>
Filename is a text file consisting of modules to
exclude from being run. This should be a comma,
tab or newline delimited file, with just the name(s)
below one wishes to exclude.
Module names (with a small description) are:

bpass           check for bootloader passwd
cfg             check runlevel daemons (redhat)
dotfiles        check for dotfiles
files           check for sticky bits, etc
forward         check for network forwarding
ftpusers        check ftpusers file for bad entries
inetd           check for unneeded services
inittab         check runlevel, etc.
ipv4            check for other things in ipv4
issue           check issue banner
kbd             check kbd/login perms
limits          check limits file
logging         check for enough logging
md5             perform md5 of all files on sys
modules         check for loadable kern mod.
net             check network
open            check open files
passwd          check passwd file for bad entries
perms           check permissions on files
pkgs            check for unwanted packages
promisc         are we in promisc mode?
rc              check for unwanted rc files
rpm             perform rpm integrity check
securetty       check secure tty
set             check for SUID files
ssh             check ssh config
startx          check for tcp listening in X
umask           check default umask
write           check world read/write files
www             output in html

-v      Be verbose about it.

-w Output file is in html format.

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