Detections
Analytics

1.66 AZLX-23-001290

Information

Amazon Linux 2023 must enable certificate-based smart card authentication.

GROUP ID: V-274059RULE ID: SV-274059r1120165

Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor authentication requires using two or more factors to achieve authentication. A privileged account is defined as an information system account with authorizations of a privileged user. The DOD Common Access Card (CAC) with DOD-approved PKI is an example of multifactor authentication.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160, SRG-OS-000705-GPOS-00150

Solution

Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to have smart cards enabled in SSSD.

Edit the file "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" or a configuration file in "/etc/sssd/conf.d" and add or edit the following line:

pam_cert_auth = True

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26107

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-2(6), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004046, CCI|CCI-004047, Rule-ID|SV-274059r1120165_rule, STIG-ID|AZLX-23-001290, Vuln-ID|V-274059

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b204185a385b4be33b0ac72497b38489fb1f9756816fbe6d96ede624ad37be78