The system must display a publicly-viewable pattern during a graphical desktop environment session lock.

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000060

SV-50440r3_rule The system must display a publicly-viewable pattern during a graphical desktop environment session lock.

Vulnerability discussion

Setting the screensaver mode to blank-only conceals the contents of the display from passersby.

Check content

If the GConf2 package is not installed, this is not applicable. To ensure the screensaver is configured to be blank, run the following command: $ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --get /apps/gnome-screensaver/mode If properly configured, the output should be "blank-only". If it is not, this is a finding.

Fix text

Run the following command to set the screensaver mode in the GNOME desktop to a blank screen: # gconftool-2 \ --direct \ --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory \ --type string \ --set /apps/gnome-screensaver/mode blank-only

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