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Severity: High
<VulnDiscussion>A locally logged-on user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of a mixed OS environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of availability of systems due to unintentional reboot. In the GNOME graphical environment, risk of unintentional reboot from the Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence is reduced because the user will be prompted before any action is taken.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
Note: If a graphical user interface is not installed, this requirement is Not Applicable. Verify the SUSE operating system is not configured to reboot the system when Ctrl-Alt-Delete is pressed in the graphical user interface. Check that the dconf setting was disabled to allow the Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence in the graphical user interface with the following command: Check the default logout key sequence: > sudo gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys logout '' Check that the value is not writable and cannot be changed by the user: > sudo gsettings writable org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys logout false If the logout value is not [''] and the writable status is not false, this is a finding.
Configure the system to disable the Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence for the graphical user interface. Create a database to contain the system-wide setting (if it does not already exist) with the following steps: 1. Create a user profile and with the listed content: /etc/dconf/profile/user user-db:user system-db:local 2. Create the following directories: > sudo mkdir -p /etc/dconf/db/local.d/ > sudo mkdir -p /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/ 3. Add the following files with the listed content: /etc/dconf/db/local.d/01-fips-settings [org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys] logout='' /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/01-fips-locks /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/logout 4. Update the dconf database: > sudo dconf update