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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
Updated



Remediation - Kubernetes Patch

apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
  config:
    ignition:
      version: 3.1.0

Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


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

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Block Disable service bluetooth
  block:

  - name: Disable service bluetooth
    block:


Remediation - Puppet

include disable_bluetooth

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

Remediation - Shell Script

# 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'