GEN001000 - Remote consoles must be disabled or protected from unauthorized access.
Information
The remote console feature provides an additional means of access to the system which could allow unauthorized access if not disabled or properly secured. With virtualization technologies, remote console access is essential as there is no physical console for virtual machines. Remote console access must be protected in the same manner as any other remote privileged access method.Solution
Remove each auxiliary console.# consadm -d <console device>
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_10_SPARC_V2R2_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG Solaris 10 SPARC v2r2
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-17(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002314, Rule-ID|SV-226478r603265_rule, STIG-ID|GEN001000, STIG-Legacy|SV-27147, STIG-Legacy|V-4298, Vuln-ID|V-226478
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 298178b4de2c43d69cb01436b1933c4f2da069449289624774018e0139506d63