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1.22 RHEL-10-200080

Information

RHEL 10 must not have the "gdm" package installed.

GROUP ID: V-280950
RULE ID: SV-280950r1165205

Unnecessary service packages must not be installed to decrease the attack surface of the system. A graphical environment is unnecessary for certain types of systems including a virtualization hypervisor.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to not have the "gdm" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y remove gdm

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-280950r1165205_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-200080, Vuln-ID|V-280950

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f3e3b4611eac5ff4a344014b1116caf1f7e50c702fc7a45c232eb1d68e78af2c