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Check: RHEL-08-010151

RHEL 8 STIG: RHEL-08-010151 (in versions v2 r1 through v1 r3)

Title

RHEL 8 operating systems must require authentication upon booting into rescue mode. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If the system does not require valid root authentication before it boots into emergency or rescue mode, anyone who invokes emergency or rescue mode is granted privileged access to all files on the system.

Check Content

Check to see if the system requires authentication for rescue mode with the following command: $ sudo grep sulogin-shell /usr/lib/systemd/system/rescue.service ExecStart=-/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sulogin-shell rescue If the "ExecStart" line is configured for anything other than "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sulogin-shell rescue", commented out, or missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the system to require authentication upon booting into rescue mode by adding the following line to the "/usr/lib/systemd/system/rescue.service" file. ExecStart=-/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sulogin-shell rescue

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-230236r1017055_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-230236

Group Title: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000213	Enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
AC-3	Access Enforcement