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1.22 OL08-00-010152

Information

OL 8 operating systems must require authentication upon booting into emergency mode.

GROUP ID: V-248542
RULE ID: SV-248542r958472

If the system does not require valid root authentication before it boots into emergency or rescue mode, anyone who invokes emergency or rescue mode is granted privileged access to all files on the system.

Solution

Configure the system to require authentication upon booting into emergency mode by adding the following line to the "/usr/lib/systemd/system/emergency.service" file:

ExecStart=-/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sulogin-shell emergency

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23791

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-248542r958472_rule, STIG-ID|OL08-00-010152, Vuln-ID|V-248542

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ec6f9ddbfab9a26cb7c08c889c5dc623921a8312fa356ed6947a1558f98a6e72