The x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence must be disabled on OL 8.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-248869	OL08-00-040170	SV-248869r991589_rule		High

Description
A locally logged-on user, who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of a mixed OS environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of system availability due to unintentional reboot. In a graphical user environment, risk of unintentional reboot from the Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence is reduced because the user will be prompted before any action is taken.

Description

A locally logged-on user, who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of a mixed OS environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of system availability due to unintentional reboot. In a graphical user environment, risk of unintentional reboot from the Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence is reduced because the user will be prompted before any action is taken.

STIG	Date
Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-52303r780171_chk )
Verify OL 8 is not configured to reboot the system when Ctrl-Alt-Delete is pressed with the following command: $ sudo systemctl status ctrl-alt-del.target \| grep Loaded: Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit ctrl-alt-del.target is masked.) If the "ctrl-alt-del.target" Loaded: value is not set to "masked", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-52257r833245_fix)
Configure the system to disable the Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence for the command line with the following commands: $ sudo systemctl disable ctrl-alt-del.target $ sudo systemctl mask ctrl-alt-del.target Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/ctrl-alt-del.target -> /dev/null Reload the daemon to take effect: $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload