The pcscd service on RHEL 9 must be active.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The information system ensures that even if the information system is compromised, that compromise will not affect credentials stored on the authentication device. The daemon program for pcsc-lite and the MuscleCard framework is pcscd. It is a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards and cryptographic tokens that are connected to the system.
- ID
- SV-258125r1045253_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-611180
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
To enable the pcscd socket, run the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable --now pcscd.socket