TOSS 5 must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user smart card removal action.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-282373 | SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009 | TOSS-05-000270 | SV-282373r1200099_rule | 2026-04-01 | 1 |
Description
A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not want to log out because of the temporary nature of the absence.
The session lock is implemented at the point where session activity can be determined. Rather than be forced to wait for a period of time to expire before the user session can be locked, TOSS 5 must provide users with the ability to manually invoke a session lock so users can secure their session if it is necessary to temporarily vacate the immediate physical vicinity.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009, SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010
ℹ️ Check
Verify TOSS 5 disables the user's ability to override the smart card removal action setting.
Note: This requirement assumes the use of the TOSS 5 default graphical user interface—the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have a graphical user interface installed, this requirement is not applicable.
Determine which profile the system database is using by running the following command:
$ sudo grep system-db /etc/dconf/profile/user
system-db:local
Verify the removal action setting is locked from nonprivileged user modification using the following command:
Note: The example below is using the database "local" for the system, so the path is "/etc/dconf/db/local.d". This path must be modified if a database other than "local" is being used.
$ grep 'removal-action' /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/*
/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/smartcard/removal-action
If the command does not return at least the example result, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Add the following line to "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/00-security-settings-lock" to prevent user override of the smart card removal action:
/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/smartcard/removal-action
Update the dconf system databases:
$ sudo dconf update