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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must immediately terminate all network connections associated with SSH traffic at the end of the session or after 10 minutes of inactivity.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-270743UBTU-24-600010SV-270743r1066718_ruleCCI-001133medium
Description
Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management session enabled on the console or console port that has been left unattended. In addition, quickly terminating an idle session will also free up resources committed by the managed network element. Terminating network connections associated with communications sessions includes, for example, de-allocating associated TCP/IP address/port pairs at Ubuntu 24.04 LTS level, and de-allocating networking assignments at the application level if multiple application sessions are using a single operating system-level network connection. This does not mean that Ubuntu 24.04 LTS terminates all sessions or network access; it only ends the inactive session and releases the resources associated with that session.
STIGDate
Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-05-16

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

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Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

NET-07Network Connection Termination
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (24) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-11(1)Pattern-hiding Displays
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-12(2)Termination Message
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-7Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

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Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.13.9
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001133
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-270743r1066718_chk)

Verify that all network connections associated with SSH traffic are automatically terminated at the end of the session or after 10 minutes of inactivity with the following command: $ grep -ir ClientAliveInterval /etc/ssh/sshd_config* /etc/ssh/sshd_config:ClientAliveInterval 600 If "ClientAliveInterval" does not exist, is not set to a value of "600" or less in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config", if conflicting results are returned, is commented out, or is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-74677r1066717_fix)

Configure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to automatically terminate all network connections associated with SSH traffic at the end of a session or after a 10-minute period of inactivity. In the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config set ClientAliveInterval to a value of "600" or less: ClientAliveInterval 600 Restart the SSH daemon for the changes to take effect: $ sudo systemctl restart sshd.service