Title

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon logon. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example, registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.

Check Content

Verify users are provided with feedback on when account accesses last occurred with the following command: $ grep pam_lastlog /etc/pam.d/login session required pam_lastlog.so showfailed If the line containing "pam_lastlog" is not set to "required", or the "silent" option is present, or the line is commented out, or the line is missing , this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to provide users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred by setting the required configuration options in "/etc/pam.d/login". Add the following line to the top of "/etc/pam.d/login": session required pam_lastlog.so showfailed

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-270710r1066619_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-270710

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Expert Comments

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