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-216078RULE ID: SV-216078r959010

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

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23873

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-216078r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-020550, Vuln-ID|V-216078

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 628d5b2c98042bfebd0a2ab85c5df8f9af8bb7f301dc6225c485d96ecda2ae33