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V-280950

CAT II (Medium)

RHEL 10 must not have the "gdm" package installed.

Rule ID

SV-280950r1165205_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Unnecessary service packages must not be installed to decrease the attack surface of the system. A graphical environment is unnecessary for certain types of systems including a virtualization hypervisor.

Check Content

Verify RHEL 10 does not have the "gdm" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf list --installed gdm
Error: No matching Packages to list

If the "gdm" package is installed and the need for a GUI interface has not been documented with the information system security officer, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to not have the "gdm" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y remove gdm