Title

RHEL 8.7 and higher must terminate idle user sessions. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management session enabled on the console or console port that has been left unattended.

Check Content

Note: This requirement applies to RHEL versions 8.7 and higher. If the system is not RHEL version 8.7 or newer, this requirement is not applicable. Verify that RHEL 8 logs out sessions that are idle for 10 minutes with the following command: $ sudo grep -i ^StopIdleSessionSec /etc/systemd/logind.conf StopIdleSessionSec=600 If "StopIdleSessionSec" is not configured to "600" seconds, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 8 to log out idle sessions after 10 minutes by editing the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file with the following line: StopIdleSessionSec=600 The "logind" service must be restarted for the changes to take effect. To restart the "logind" service, run the following command: $ sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-257258r1017375_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-257258

Group Title: SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072

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