STIGQter: STIG Summary: SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The SUSE operating system must be configured to not overwrite Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration on package changes.

DISA Rule

SV-217189r646737_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-217189

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

SLES-12-010910

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Copy the PAM configuration files to their static locations and remove the SUSE operating system soft links for the PAM configuration files with the following command:

> sudo sh -c 'for X in /etc/pam.d/common-*-pc; do cp -ivp --remove-destination $X ${X:0:-3}; done'

Additional information on the configuration of multifactor authentication on the SUSE operating system can be found at https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/configuring-smart-card-authentication-suse-linux-enterprise/.

Check Contents

Verify the SUSE operating system is configured to not overwrite Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration on package changes.

Check that soft links between PAM configuration files are removed with the following command:

> find /etc/pam.d/ -type l -iname "common-*"

If any results are returned, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-217189

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SLES-12-010910

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the SUSE operating system is configured to not overwrite Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration on package changes.

Check that soft links between PAM configuration files are removed with the following command:

> find /etc/pam.d/ -type l -iname "common-*"

If any results are returned, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4033

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