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V-238201CAT I — High severitySV-238201r958452_rule

The Ubuntu operating system must map the authenticated identity to the user or group account for PKI-based authentication.

Rule version UBTU-20-010006 · STIG v2 · 2025-05-16

Discussion

Without mapping the certificate used to authenticate to the user account, the ability to determine the identity of the individual user or group will not be available for forensic analysis.

Check

Verify that "use_mappers" is set to "pwent" in "/etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf" file:

$ grep use_mappers /etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf use_mappers = pwent

If "use_mappers" is not found or the list does not contain "pwent" this is a finding.

Fix

Set "use_mappers=pwent" in "/etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf" or, if there is already a comma-separated list of mappers, add it to the list, separated by comma, and before the null mapper.

If the system is missing an "/etc/pam_pkcs11/" directory and an "/etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf", find an example to copy into place and modify accordingly at "/usr/share/doc/libpam-pkcs11/examples/pam_pkcs11.conf.example.gz".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-238201
Group title
SRG-OS-000068-GPOS-00036
Rule ID
SV-238201r958452_rule
Check ID
C-41411r832932_chk
Fix ID
F-41370r653777_fix