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V-271677

CAT II (Medium)

OL 9 must disable the ability of a user to accidentally press Ctrl-Alt-Del and cause a system to shut down or reboot.

Rule ID

SV-271677r1091743_rule

STIG

Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

A locally logged-in user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Del, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of mixed OS environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of availability of systems due to unintentional reboot.

Check Content

This requirement assumes the use of the OL 9 default graphical user interface—the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify that OL 9 is configured to ignore the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence in the GNOME desktop with the following command:

$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys logout 
"['']"

If the GNOME desktop is configured to shut down when Ctrl-Alt-Del is pressed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure OL 9 to ignore the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence in the GNOME desktop.

Add or update the [org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys] section of the /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-security-settings database file and add or update the following lines:

[org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys]
logout=['']

Run the following command to update the database:

$ sudo dconf update