7 Oracle Linux Common Criteria Certification
Oracle Linux 7.3 was certified in February 2019 with two sets of certificates under the Swedish Common Criteria Scheme. The first certification demonstrated Exact Conformance against the Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems (OSPP) 4.1. The second certification claimed an evaluation level of Evaluation Assurance Level 1 (EAL1), augmented by flaw remediation.
Oracle Linux 7.6 was certified in May 2021, under the Canadian Common Criteria Scheme, and has demonstrated Exact Conformance against the Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems (OSPP) 4.2.1.
Certificates awarded in Sweden, Canada, and 15 other countries are recognized by 31 countries under the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA).
The certifications include the following evaluated security functionality:
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Security Audit
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Cryptographic support
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Identification and Authentication
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User Data Protection
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Security Management
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Self-protection
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TLS and SSH protocols
Important:
To achieve compliance, the Common Criteria evaluated package set must be selected at installation time, in accordance with the description that's provided in the Common Criteria Guide for the Oracle Linux 7 release that you are running, and installed accordingly.
For more information, see Common Criteria Guide for Oracle Linux 7.3 and Common Criteria Guide for Oracle Linux 7.6.
For additional information about the Common Criteria certification, see the following references: