Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

The Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide (V2 R4) has 513 STIG checks. New to STIG checklists? Read What is a STIG checklist?, CKL vs CKLB, and STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

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Severity

Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Thu Jan 26 2023

X Window System connections that are not required must be disabled.

Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

X Window System connections that are not required must be disabled.

Description

Discussion Text

If unauthorized clients are permitted access to the X server, a user's X session may be compromised.

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Objective

V-227874

Rule

SV-227874r603266_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN005260

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Determine if the X Window system is running.

Procedure:
# ps -ef |grep X

Ask the SA if the X Window system is an operational requirement. If it is not, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Disable the X Windows server on the system.

STIG check 397 of 513 in the Solaris 10 X86 STIG checklist

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