The SLES for vRealize must initiate a session lock after a 15-minute period of inactivity for all connection types.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239448	VROM-SL-000050	SV-239448r661795_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, SLES for vRealize 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
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-07-01

Details

Check Text ( C-42681r661793_chk )
Check for the existence of the /etc/profile.d/tmout.sh file: # ls -al /etc/profile.d/tmout.sh Check for the presence of the "TMOUT" variable: # grep TMOUT /etc/profile.d/tmout.sh The value of "TMOUT" should be set to 900 seconds (15 minutes). If the file does not exist, or the "TMOUT" variable is not set, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42640r661794_fix)
Ensure the file exists and is owned by root. If the files does not exist, use the following commands to create the file: # touch /etc/profile.d/tmout.sh # chown root:root /etc/profile.d/tmout.sh # chmod 644 /etc/profile.d/tmout.sh Edit the file "/etc/profile.d/tmout.sh", and add the following lines: TMOUT=900 readonly TMOUT export TMOUT mesg n 2>/dev/null