Disable Bluetooth Service

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The bluetooth service can be disabled with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl mask --now bluetooth.service

$ sudo service bluetooth stop

Rationale

Disabling the bluetooth service prevents the system from attempting connections to Bluetooth devices, which entails some security risk. Nevertheless, variation in this risk decision may be expected due to the utility of Bluetooth connectivity and its limited range.

ID: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_bluetooth_disabled
Severity: Medium
References: 11 12 14 15 3 8 9

APO13.01 BAI10.01 BAI10.02 BAI10.03 BAI10.05 DSS01.04 DSS05.02 DSS05.03 DSS05.05 DSS06.06

3.1.16

CCI-000085 CCI-001551

4.3.3.5.1 4.3.3.5.2 4.3.3.5.3 4.3.3.5.4 4.3.3.5.5 4.3.3.5.6 4.3.3.5.7 4.3.3.5.8 4.3.3.6.1 4.3.3.6.2 4.3.3.6.3 4.3.3.6.4 4.3.3.6.5 4.3.3.6.6 4.3.3.6.7 4.3.3.6.8 4.3.3.6.9 4.3.3.7.1 4.3.3.7.2 4.3.3.7.3 4.3.3.7.4 4.3.4.3.2 4.3.4.3.3

SR 1.1 SR 1.10 SR 1.11 SR 1.12 SR 1.13 SR 1.2 SR 1.3 SR 1.4 SR 1.5 SR 1.6 SR 1.7 SR 1.8 SR 1.9 SR 2.1 SR 2.2 SR 2.3 SR 2.4 SR 2.5 SR 2.6 SR 2.7 SR 3.1 SR 3.5 SR 3.8 SR 4.1 SR 4.3 SR 5.1 SR 5.2 SR 5.3 SR 7.1 SR 7.6

A.11.2.6 A.12.1.2 A.12.5.1 A.12.6.2 A.13.1.1 A.13.2.1 A.14.1.3 A.14.2.2 A.14.2.3 A.14.2.4 A.6.2.1 A.6.2.2 A.9.1.2

AC-18(3) AC-18(a) CM-6(a) CM-7(a) CM-7(b) MP-7

PR.AC-3 PR.IP-1 PR.PT-3 PR.PT-4
Updated: about 1 year ago


[customizations.services]
disabled = ["bluetooth"]

- name: Block Disable service bluetooth
  block:

  - name: Disable service bluetooth
    block:
    - name: Disable service bluetooth
      systemd:
        name: bluetooth.service
        enabled: 'no'
        state: stopped
        masked: 'yes'
    rescue:

    - name: Intentionally ignored previous 'Disable service bluetooth' failure, service
        was already disabled
      meta: noop
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:
  - NIST-800-171-3.1.16
  - NIST-800-53-AC-18(3)
  - NIST-800-53-AC-18(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - NIST-800-53-MP-7
  - disable_strategy
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - service_bluetooth_disabled

- name: Unit Socket Exists - bluetooth.socket
  command: systemctl -q list-unit-files bluetooth.socket
  register: socket_file_exists
  changed_when: false
  failed_when: socket_file_exists.rc not in [0, 1]
  check_mode: false
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:
  - NIST-800-171-3.1.16
  - NIST-800-53-AC-18(3)
  - NIST-800-53-AC-18(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - NIST-800-53-MP-7
  - disable_strategy
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - service_bluetooth_disabled

- name: Disable socket bluetooth
  systemd:
    name: bluetooth.socket
    enabled: 'no'
    state: stopped
    masked: 'yes'
  when:
  - ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  - socket_file_exists.stdout_lines is search("bluetooth.socket",multiline=True)
  tags:
  - NIST-800-171-3.1.16
  - NIST-800-53-AC-18(3)
  - NIST-800-53-AC-18(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - NIST-800-53-MP-7
  - disable_strategy
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - service_bluetooth_disabled

include disable_bluetooth

class disable_bluetooth {
  service {'bluetooth':
    enable => false,
    ensure => 'stopped',  }
}

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then

SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'bluetooth.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" disable 'bluetooth.service'"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask 'bluetooth.service'
# Disable socket activation if we have a unit file for it
if "$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" -q list-unit-files bluetooth.socket; then
    "$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'bluetooth.socket'
    "$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask 'bluetooth.socket'
fi
# The service may not be running because it has been started and failed,
# so let's reset the state so OVAL checks pass.
# Service should be 'inactive', not 'failed' after reboot though.
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" reset-failed 'bluetooth.service' || true

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

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