The Photon operating system must disable the debug-shell service.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256546	PHTN-30-000076	SV-256546r887312_rule		Medium

Description
The debug-shell service is intended to diagnose systemd-related boot issues with various "systemctl" commands. Once enabled and following a system reboot, the root shell will be available on tty9. This service must remain disabled until and unless otherwise directed by VMware support.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-60221r887310_chk )
At the command line, run the following command: # systemctl status debug-shell.service|grep -E --color=always disabled If the debug-shell service is not disabled, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60164r887311_fix)
At the command line, run the following commands: # systemctl stop debug-shell.service # systemctl disable debug-shell.service Reboot for changes to take effect.