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

Logins to the root account must be restricted to the system console only.

DISA Rule

SV-216361r603267_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-216361

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040430

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

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

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

The root role is required.

Modify the /etc/default/login file

# pfedit /etc/default/login

Locate the line containing:

CONSOLE

Change it to read:

CONSOLE=/dev/console

Check Contents

This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this check applies.

Determine if root login is restricted to the console.

# grep "^CONSOLE=/dev/console" /etc/default/login

If the output of this command is not:

CONSOLE=/dev/console

this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-216361

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040430

Severity Override Guidance

This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this check applies.

Determine if root login is restricted to the console.

# grep "^CONSOLE=/dev/console" /etc/default/login

If the output of this command is not:

CONSOLE=/dev/console

this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4022

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