UBTU-24-400020 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must implement smart card logins for multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged and nonprivileged accounts.
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Maps to IA-2(1), IA-2(2) via CCI-000765, CCI-000766
Title
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must implement smart card logins for multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged and nonprivileged accounts.
Control
Verify that the "pam_pkcs11.so" module is configured with the following command: $ grep -r pam_pkcs11.so /etc/pam.d/common-auth auth [success=2 default=ignore] pam_pkcs11.so If the module is not configured, is missing, or commented out, this is a finding.
Discussion
Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor authentication requires using two or more factors to achieve authentication. Factors include: 1) Something a user knows (e.g., password/PIN); 2) Something a user has (e.g., cryptographic identification device, token); and 3) Something a user is (e.g., biometric). A privileged account is defined as an information system account with authorizations of a privileged user. Network access is defined as access to an information system by a user (or a process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through a network (e.g., local area network, wide area network, or the internet). The DoW common access card (CAC) with DoW-approved PKI is an example of multifactor authentication. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000105-GPOS-00052, SRG-OS-000107-GPOS-00054, SRG-OS-000106-GPOS-00053, SRG-OS-000108-GPOS-00055
Related controls
CCI-000765, CCI-000766
Fix
Configure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to use multifactor authentication for access to accounts. Add or update "pam_pkcs11.so" in "/etc/pam.d/common-auth" to match the following line: auth [success=2 default=ignore] pam_pkcs11.so