STIGQter: STIG Summary: Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The system must not allow autologin capabilities from the GNOME desktop.

DISA Rule

SV-216122r603268_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-216122

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040410

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

The root role is required.

Modify the /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin file.

# pfedit /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin

Locate the lines:

auth required pam_unix_cred.so.1
auth sufficient pam_allow.so.1
account sufficient pam_allow.so.1

Change the lines to read:

#auth required pam_unix_cred.so.1
#auth sufficient pam_allow.so.1
#account sufficient pam_allow.so.1

Check Contents

Determine if autologin is enabled for the GNOME desktop.

# egrep "auth|account" /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin | grep -vc ^#

If the command returns other than "0", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-216122

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040410

Severity Override Guidance

Determine if autologin is enabled for the GNOME desktop.

# egrep "auth|account" /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin | grep -vc ^#

If the command returns other than "0", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4021

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