The Photon operating system must be configured so that the x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence is disabled on the command line.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-258885 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | PHTN-40-000222 | SV-258885r991589_rule | 2024-07-11 | 2 |
Description
When the Ctrl-Alt-Del target is enabled, a locally logged-on user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of a mixed OS environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of systems availability due to unintentional reboot.
ℹ️ Check
At the command line, run the following command to verify the ctrl-alt-del target is disabled and masked:
# systemctl status ctrl-alt-del.target --no-pager
Example output:
ctrl-alt-del.target
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit ctrl-alt-del.target is masked.)
Active: inactive (dead)
If the "ctrl-alt-del.target" is not "inactive" and "masked", this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
At the command line, run the following commands:
# systemctl disable ctrl-alt-del.target
# systemctl mask ctrl-alt-del.target
# systemctl daemon-reload