SV-274181r1208251: Amazon Linux 2023 must ensure the pcscd socket is active. | Amazon Linux 2023 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Amazon Linux 2023 must ensure the pcscd socket is active.

Description

Discussion Text

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.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-004046

References

DPMS Target Amazon Linux 2023 DISA DPMS Target Amazon Linux 2023 5700

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.amzlx23os:def:274181
# Amazon Linux 2023 must ensure the pcscd socket is active.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# systemdunitproperty_object (systemdunitproperty_test)
test_1() {
  (systemctl show -p 'ActiveState' --value 'pcscd.socket') | grep -qxF 'active'
}

if test_1; then
  echo "PASS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

Remediation

Configure Amazon Linux 2023 so that the pcscd socket is active with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now pcscd.socket