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

Check the system for configured remote consoles. If any console port is connected to a terminal outside of a secured environment or to any aggregation device (KVM, serial concentrator), or virtualization system that does not protect the console at the level of a privileged resource in accordance with the appropriate STIGs for these devices, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Remove the configuration for remote consoles.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-4298r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-4298

Group Title: GEN001000

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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