The operating system must terminate all sessions and network connections related to nonlocal maintenance when nonlocal maintenance is completed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56829	SRG-OS-000126-GPOS-00066	SV-71089r1_rule		Medium

Description
If a maintenance session or connection remains open after maintenance is completed, it may be hijacked by an attacker and used to compromise or damage the system. Some maintenance and test tools are either standalone devices with their own operating systems or are applications bundled with an operating system. Nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are those activities conducted by individuals communicating through a network, either an external network (e.g., the Internet) or an internal network. Local maintenance and diagnostic activities are those activities carried out by individuals physically present at the information system or information system component and not communicating across a network connection.

Description

If a maintenance session or connection remains open after maintenance is completed, it may be hijacked by an attacker and used to compromise or damage the system. Some maintenance and test tools are either standalone devices with their own operating systems or are applications bundled with an operating system. Nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are those activities conducted by individuals communicating through a network, either an external network (e.g., the Internet) or an internal network. Local maintenance and diagnostic activities are those activities carried out by individuals physically present at the information system or information system component and not communicating across a network connection.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System SRG	2015-12-31

Details

Check Text ( C-57399r1_chk )
Verify the operating system terminates all sessions and network connections related to nonlocal maintenance when nonlocal maintenance is completed. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61725r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to terminate all sessions and network connections related to nonlocal maintenance when nonlocal maintenance is completed.