RHEL 9 must enable certificate based smart card authentication.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-258122 | RHEL-09-611165 | SV-258122r1045246_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor authentication requires using two or more factors to achieve authentication. A privileged account is defined as an information system account with authorizations of a privileged user. The DOD Common Access Card (CAC) with DOD-approved PKI is an example of multifactor authentication. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160, SRG-OS-000105-GPOS-00052 |
| STIG | Date |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-12-04 |
Details
| Check Text (C-61863r1045244_chk) |
| Note: If the system administrator (SA) demonstrates the use of an approved alternate multifactor authentication method, this requirement is Not Applicable. To verify that RHEL 9 has smart cards enabled in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD), run the following command: $ sudo grep -ir pam_cert_auth /etc/sssd/sssd.conf /etc/sssd/conf.d/ pam_cert_auth = True If "pam_cert_auth" is not set to "True", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-61787r1045245_fix) |
| Edit the file "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" or a configuration file in "/etc/sssd/conf.d" and add or edit the following line: pam_cert_auth = True |