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V-271676

CAT II (Medium)

OL 9 must conceal, via the session lock, information previously visible on the display with a publicly viewable image.

Rule ID

SV-271676r1091740_rule

STIG

Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

CCIs

CCI-000060

Discussion

Setting the screensaver mode to blank-only conceals the contents of the display from passersby.

Check Content

This requirement assumes the use of the OL 9 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 that OL 9 configures the screensaver to be blank with the following command:

$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.screensaver picture-uri 

If properly configured, the output should be "''".

To ensure that users cannot set the screensaver background, run the following: 

$ grep picture-uri /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/* 

If properly configured, the output should be "/org/gnome/desktop/screensaver/picture-uri".

If it is not set or configured properly, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure OL 9 to conceal, via the session lock, information previously visible on the display with a publicly viewable image.

The dconf settings can be edited in the /etc/dconf/db/* location.

Add or update the [org/gnome/desktop/screensaver] section of the "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-security-settings" database file and add or update the following lines:

[org/gnome/desktop/screensaver]
picture-uri=''

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

/org/gnome/desktop/screensaver/picture-uri

Update the dconf system databases:

$ sudo dconf update