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V-282719

CAT II (Medium)

TOSS 5 must prevent a user from overriding the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence settings for the graphical user interface.

Rule ID

SV-282719r1201137_rule

STIG

Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

A locally logged-in user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Del, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of mixed OS environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of availability of systems due to unintentional reboot.

Check Content

Verify users cannot enable the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence in the GNOME desktop using the following command:

Note: This requirement assumes the use of the TOSS 5 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is not applicable.

$ grep logout /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/* 

/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/logout

If the output is not "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/logout", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure TOSS 5 to disallow the user changing the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence in the GNOME desktop.

Create a database to container systemwide graphical user logon settings (if it does not already exist) using the following command:

$ sudo touch /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/session

Add the following line to the session locks file to prevent nonprivileged users from modifying the Ctrl-Alt-Del setting:

/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/logout

Run the following command to update the database:

$ sudo dconf update