RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the banner-message-enable setting for the graphical user interface.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258013	RHEL-09-271015	SV-258013r958390_rule		Medium

Description
Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the operating system ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance. For U.S. Government systems, system use notifications are required only for access via login interfaces with human users and are not required when such human interfaces do not exist. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000023-GPOS-00006, SRG-OS-000228-GPOS-00088

Description

Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the operating system ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance. For U.S. Government systems, system use notifications are required only for access via login interfaces with human users and are not required when such human interfaces do not exist. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000023-GPOS-00006, SRG-OS-000228-GPOS-00088

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-61754r926024_chk )
Verify RHEL 9 prevents a user from overriding settings for graphical user interfaces. Note: This requirement assumes the use of the RHEL 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable. Determine which profile the system database is using with the following command: $ sudo grep system-db /etc/dconf/profile/user system-db:local Check that graphical settings are locked from nonprivileged user modification with the following command: Note: The example below is using the database "local" for the system, so the path is "/etc/dconf/db/local.d". This path must be modified if a database other than "local" is being used. $ sudo grep banner-message-enable /etc/dconf/db/local.d/* /org/gnome/login-screen/banner-message-enable If the output is not "/org/gnome/login-screen/banner-message-enable", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-61754r926024_chk )

Verify RHEL 9 prevents a user from overriding settings for graphical user interfaces.

Note: This requirement assumes the use of the RHEL 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Determine which profile the system database is using with the following command:

$ sudo grep system-db /etc/dconf/profile/user

system-db:local

Check that graphical settings are locked from nonprivileged user modification with the following command:

Note: The example below is using the database "local" for the system, so the path is "/etc/dconf/db/local.d". This path must be modified if a database other than "local" is being used.

$ sudo grep banner-message-enable /etc/dconf/db/local.d/*

/org/gnome/login-screen/banner-message-enable

If the output is not "/org/gnome/login-screen/banner-message-enable", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61678r926025_fix)
Configure RHEL 9 to prevent a user from overriding the banner setting for graphical user interfaces. Create a database to contain the system-wide graphical user logon settings (if it does not already exist) with the following command: $ sudo touch /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/session Add the following setting to prevent nonprivileged users from modifying it: banner-message-enable Run the following command to update the database: $ sudo dconf update

Fix Text (F-61678r926025_fix)

Configure RHEL 9 to prevent a user from overriding the banner setting for graphical user interfaces.

Create a database to contain the system-wide graphical user logon settings (if it does not already exist) with the following command:

$ sudo touch /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/session

Add the following setting to prevent nonprivileged users from modifying it:

banner-message-enable

Run the following command to update the database:

$ sudo dconf update