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The SUSE operating system must disable the x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>A locally logged-on user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of a mixed OS environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of availability of systems due to unintentional reboot.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-217159r646722_rule
Severity
High
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the system to disable the Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence for the command line with the following commands:

> sudo systemctl disable ctrl-alt-del.target

> sudo systemctl mask ctrl-alt-del.target