The SUSE operating system must initiate a session lock after a 15-minute period of inactivity.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-217110	SLES-12-010090	SV-217110r505931_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 users to manually lock their SUSE operating system session prior to vacating the vicinity, the SUSE operating system needs to be able to identify when a user's session has idled and take action to initiate the session lock. The session lock is implemented at the point where session activity can be determined and/or controlled.

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 users to manually lock their SUSE operating system session prior to vacating the vicinity, the SUSE operating system needs to be able to identify when a user's session has idled and take action to initiate the session lock. The session lock is implemented at the point where session activity can be determined and/or controlled.

STIG	Date
SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-09-10

Details

Check Text ( C-18338r369486_chk )
Verify the SUSE operating system must initiate a session logout after a 15-minute period of inactivity for all connection types. Check the proper script exists to kill an idle session after a 15-minute period of inactivity with the following command: # cat /etc/profile.d/autologout.sh TMOUT=900 readonly TMOUT export TMOUT If the file "/etc/profile.d/autologout.sh" does not exist or the output from the function call is not the same, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-18338r369486_chk )

Verify the SUSE operating system must initiate a session logout after a 15-minute period of inactivity for all connection types.

Check the proper script exists to kill an idle session after a 15-minute period of inactivity with the following command:

# cat /etc/profile.d/autologout.sh
TMOUT=900
readonly TMOUT
export TMOUT

If the file "/etc/profile.d/autologout.sh" does not exist or the output from the function call is not the same, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-18336r369487_fix)
Configure the SUSE operating system to initiate a session lock after a 15-minute period of inactivity by modifying or creating (if it does not already exist) the "/etc/profile.d/autologout.sh" file and add the following lines to it: TMOUT=900 readonly TMOUT export TMOUT Set the proper permissions for the "/etc/profile.d/autologout.sh" file with the following command: # sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/autologout.sh

Fix Text (F-18336r369487_fix)

Configure the SUSE operating system to initiate a session lock after a 15-minute period of inactivity by modifying or creating (if it does not already exist) the "/etc/profile.d/autologout.sh" file and add the following lines to it:

TMOUT=900
readonly TMOUT
export TMOUT

Set the proper permissions for the "/etc/profile.d/autologout.sh" file with the following command:

# sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/autologout.sh