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Oracle Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
The Oracle Linux operating system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.
The Oracle Linux operating system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.
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The Oracle Linux operating system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>If the system does not require valid root authentication before it boots into single-user or maintenance mode, anyone who invokes single-user or maintenance mode is granted privileged access to all files on the system.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>