RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user interface autorun function.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Techniques used to address this include protocols using nonces (e.g., numbers generated for a specific one-time use) or challenges (e.g., TLS, WS_Security). Additional techniques include time-synchronous or challenge-response one-time authenticators. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059, SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
- ID
- SV-258017r1045088_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-271035
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the GNOME desktop to not allow a user to change the setting that disables autorun on removable media.
Add the following line to "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/00-security-settings-lock" to prevent user modification:
/org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/autorun-never