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GEN000020 - The system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.
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If the system does not require valid root authentication before it boots into single-user or maintenance mode, anyone who invokes single-user or maintenance mode is granted privileged access to all files on the system.Solution
Edit /etc/inittab and set sulogin to run in single-user mode.Example line in /etc/inittab:
~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
Note: The first field in the /etc/inittab line may be any sequence of 1-4 characters.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_5_V1R14_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 5 v1r14
Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY
References: 800-53|SI-7(9), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-63087r2_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000020, Vuln-ID|V-756
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 5a98e8cf78449357e00616f1c435f105cbb61c0a964b51ab3bf8cd1317718ae6