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← Back to Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide

V-274872

CAT II (Medium)

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user interface autorun function.

Rule ID

SV-274872r1107297_rule

STIG

Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

CCIs

CCI-000778CCI-001958

Discussion

Techniques used to address this include protocols using nonces (e.g., numbers generated for a specific one-time use) or challenges (e.g., TLS, WS_Security). Additional techniques include time-synchronous or challenge-response one-time authenticators. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059, SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Check Content

Note: This requirement assumes the use of the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify Ubuntu 24.04 LTS disables ability of the user to override the graphical user interface autorun setting.

Determine which profile the system database is using with the following command:

$ gsettings writable org.gnome.desktop.media-handling autorun-never
 
false
 
If "autorun-never" is writable, the result is "true". If this is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS GNOME desktop to not allow a user to change the setting that disables autorun on removable media.

Add the following line to "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/00-security-settings-lock" to prevent user modification:

/org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/autorun-never

Update the dconf system databases:

$ sudo dconf update