Title

Remote consoles must be disabled or protected from unauthorized access. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The remote console feature provides an additional means of access to the system which could allow unauthorized access if not disabled or properly secured. With virtualization technologies, remote console access is essential as there is no physical console for virtual machines. Remote console access must be protected in the same manner as any other remote privileged access method.

Check Content

Verify no auxiliary consoles are defined. # consadm -p If any output is generated, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Remove each auxiliary console. # consadm -d <console device>

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-226478r854405_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-226478

Group Title: SRG-OS-000297

Expert Comments

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