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V-230553

CAT II (Medium)

The graphical display manager must not be installed on RHEL 8 unless approved.

Rule ID

SV-230553r1017315_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R7

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Internet services that are not required for system or application processes must not be active to decrease the attack surface of the system. Graphical display managers have a long history of security vulnerabilities and must not be used, unless approved and documented.

Check Content

Verify that a graphical user interface is not installed:

$ rpm -qa | grep xorg | grep server

Ask the System Administrator if use of a graphical user interface is an operational requirement.

If the use of a graphical user interface on the system is not documented with the ISSO, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Document the requirement for a graphical user interface with the ISSO or reinstall the operating system without the graphical user interface. If reinstallation is not feasible, then continue with the following procedure:

Open an SSH session and enter the following commands:

$ sudo yum remove xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-server-common xorg-x11-server-utils xorg-x11-server-Xwayland

A reboot is required for the changes to take effect.