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The Ubuntu operating system must map the authenticated identity to the user or group account for PKI-based authentication.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Without mapping the certificate used to authenticate to the user account, the ability to determine the identity of the individual user or group will not be available for forensic analysis.

ID
SV-238201r958452_rule
Version
UBTU-20-010006
Severity
High
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Set "use_mappers=pwent" in "/etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf" or, if there is already a comma-separated list of mappers, add it to the list, separated by comma, and before the null mapper. 
 
If the system is missing an "/etc/pam_pkcs11/" directory and an "/etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf", find an example to copy into place and modify accordingly at "/usr/share/doc/libpam-pkcs11/examples/pam_pkcs11.conf.example.gz".