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GEN005260 - X Window System connections that are not required must be disabled.

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Information

If unauthorized clients are permitted access to the X server, a user's X session may be compromised.
 NOTE: Nessus has not performed this query, and this check is only provided for informational purposes.

Solution

Disable the X Windows server on the system.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R17_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001436, Group-ID|V-12018, Rule-ID|SV-37686r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN005260

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 30e0d4d7fe6b9a8cea09c9906ba6dadee2cf6f7100aaf5fcb1a5e22b5b883bf9