SV-26968r1: The system must have USB disabled unless needed. | SOLARIS 9 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must have USB disabled unless needed.

Description

Discussion Text

USB is a common computer peripheral interface. USB devices may include storage devices that could be used to install malicious software on a system or exfiltrate data.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

IA Controls

ECSC-1

References

DPMS Target Solaris 9 Sparc DISA DPMS Target Solaris 9 Sparc 21

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.fso.solaris11:def:423
# The system must have USB disabled unless needed.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# SUNWusb package is not installed
# package_object (package_test)
test_1() {
  ! ( pkginfo -q 'SUNWusb' &>/dev/null )
}

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

Remediation

Remove the SUNWusb package.
# pkgrm SUNWusb