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1.299 OL09-00-002392

Information

OL 9 must disable the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process.

GROUP ID: V-271736
RULE ID: SV-271736r1091920

Using interactive or recovery boot, the console user could disable auditing, firewalls, or other services, weakening system security.

Solution

Configure OL 9 to allocate sufficient audit_backlog_limit to disable the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process with the following command:

$ sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --remove-args="systemd.confirm_spawn"

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271736r1091920_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002392, Vuln-ID|V-271736

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 293de1e8d2f27b9dc03b9cf0b1c9ed70026732e5e332247b50e8e9c37386ed7e