DISA STIGS Viewer

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258125	RHEL-09-611180	SV-258125r1045253_rule		Medium

Description

The information system ensures that even if the information system is compromised, that compromise will not affect credentials stored on the authentication device. The daemon program for pcsc-lite and the MuscleCard framework is pcscd. It is a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards and cryptographic tokens that are connected to the system.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-12-04

Check Text (C-61866r1045251_chk)

Verify that the "pcscd" socket is active with the following command: $ systemctl is-active pcscd.socket active If the pcscd socket is not active, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61790r1045252_fix)

To enable the pcscd socket, run the following command: $ sudo systemctl enable --now pcscd.socket