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RHEL-09-611180 The pcscd socket on RHEL 9 must be active.

DISA STIG library V2R10
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to IA-2(6), IA-2(11) via CCI-004046, CCI-001948

Title

The pcscd socket on RHEL 9 must be active.

Control

Verify that the "pcscd" socket is active with the following command: $ systemctl is-active pcscd.socket active If the pcscd socket is not active, this is a finding.

Discussion

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.

Related controls

CCI-001948, CCI-004046

Fix

To enable the pcscd socket, run the following command: $ sudo systemctl enable --now pcscd.socket