The Photon operating system must be configured so the x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence is disabled on the command line.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-256558 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | PHTN-30-000089 | SV-256558r991589_rule | 2024-12-16 | 1 |
| Description |
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| 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 operating system environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of systems availability due to unintentional reboot. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| At the command line, run the following command: # systemctl status ctrl-alt-del.target Expected result: 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 |
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| At the command line, run the following command: # systemctl mask ctrl-alt-del.target |