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RHEL-10-200080 - RHEL 10 must not have the "gdm" package installed.

Information

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://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_10_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 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: b8a75711b5cc3f614dc00a060097e636b1dee1e378656c00dc02401fdebd168b