Detections
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1.66 SOL-11.1-020550

Information

The .Xauthority utility must only permit access to authorized hosts.

GROUP ID: V-216313
RULE ID: SV-216313r959010

If unauthorized clients are permitted access to the X server, a user's X session may be compromised.

Solution

Remove unauthorized clients from the xauth configuration.

Procedure:

# xauth remove <display name>

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23765

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|AC-6, 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000225, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216313r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-020550, Vuln-ID|V-216313

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1e6a221b74f80e8722d0871659a7c95b5569f0d90df06b0b93845e589a583204