OL 8 must prohibit the use of cached authentications after one day.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. OL 8 includes multiple options for configuring authentication, but this requirement will focus on the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). By default, SSSD does not cache credentials.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-248710r943101_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the SSSD to prohibit the use of cached authentications after one day.
Add or change the following line in "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" just below the line "[pam]".
offline_credentials_expiration = 1