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RHEL-10-200621 RHEL 10 must use the common access card (CAC) smart card driver.

DISA STIG library V1R3
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to IA-2, IA-2(1), IA-2(2), IA-2(5) via CCI-000764, CCI-000766, CCI-000765, CCI-004045

Title

RHEL 10 must use the common access card (CAC) smart card driver.

Control

Verify RHEL 10 loads the CAC driver with the following command: $ sudo opensc-tool --get-conf-entry app:default:card_drivers cac If "cac" is not listed as a card driver, or no line is returned for "card_drivers", this is a finding.

Discussion

Smart card login provides two-factor authentication stronger than that provided by a username and password combination. Smart cards leverage public key infrastructure to provide and verify credentials. Configuring the smart card driver helps to prevent the use of unauthorized smart cards. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000106-GPOS-00053, SRG-OS-000107-GPOS-00054, SRG-OS-000109-GPOS-00056, SRG-OS-000108-GPOS-00055

Related controls

CCI-000764, CCI-000765, CCI-000766, CCI-004045

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to load the CAC driver: $ sudo opensc-tool --set-conf-entry app:default:card_drivers:cac Restart the pcscd service with the following command for the changes to take effect: $ sudo systemctl restart pcscd