The operating system must have the screen package installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-71897	RHEL-07-010090	SV-86521r1_rule		Medium

Description
A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not log out because of the temporary nature of the absence. Rather than relying on the user to manually lock their operating system session prior to vacating the vicinity, operating systems need to be able to identify when a user's session has idled and take action to initiate the session lock. The screen package allows for a session lock to be implemented and configured.

Description

A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not log out because of the temporary nature of the absence. Rather than relying on the user to manually lock their operating system session prior to vacating the vicinity, operating systems need to be able to identify when a user's session has idled and take action to initiate the session lock. The screen package allows for a session lock to be implemented and configured.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-07-08

Details

Check Text ( C-72129r1_chk )
Verify the operating system has the screen package installed. Check to see if the screen package is installed with the following command: # yum list installed \| grep screen screen-4.3.1-3-x86_64.rpm If is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-78249r1_fix)
Install the screen package to allow the initiation a session lock after a 15-minute period of inactivity for graphical users interfaces. Install the screen program (if it is not on the system) with the following command: # yum install screen The console can now be locked with the following key combination: ctrl+A x