Title

SUSE operating systems with Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) implemented must require authentication upon booting into single-user mode and maintenance. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If the system allows a user to boot into single-user or maintenance mode without authentication, any user that invokes single-user or maintenance mode is granted privileged access to all system information. If the system is running in EFI mode, SLES 12 by default will use GRUB 2 EFI as the boot loader.

Check Content

Verify that the SUSE operating system has set an encrypted boot password. Note: If the system does not use Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) this requirement is Not Applicable. Check that the encrypted password is set for a boot user with the following command: # sudo cat /boot/efi/EFI/sles/grub.cfg | grep -i password password_pbkdf2 boot grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.VeryLongString If the boot user password entry does not begin with "password_pbkdf2", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Note: If the system does not use UEFI, this requirement is Not Applicable. Configure the SUSE operating system to encrypt the boot password. Generate an encrypted (GRUB 2) password for a boot user with the following command: # sudo grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 Enter Password: Reenter Password: PBKDF2 hash of your password is grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.MFU48934NJD84NF8NSD39993JDHF84NG Using the hash from the output, modify the "/etc/grub.d/40_custom" file with the following command to add a boot password for the root entry: # cat << EOF set superusers="boot" password_pbkdf2 boot grub.pbkdf2.sha512.VeryLongString EOF Generate an updated "grub.conf" file with the new password using the following commands: # sudo grub2-mkconfig --output=/tmp/grub2.cfg # sudo mv /tmp/grub2.cfg /boot/efi/EFI/sles/grub.cfg

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-217145r958472_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-217145

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

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