The Photon operating system must disable the debug-shell service.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-258873 | PHTN-40-000210 | SV-258873r933680_rule | CCI-000366 | 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 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-10-29 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-258873r933680_chk)
At the command line, run the following command to verify the debug-shell service is disabled:
# systemctl status debug-shell.service
If the debug-shell service is not stopped and disabled, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-62522r933679_fix)
At the command line, run the following commands:
# systemctl stop debug-shell.service
# systemctl disable debug-shell.service