The Bluetooth service must be disabled.

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000085

SV-50492r2_rule The Bluetooth service must be disabled.

Vulnerability discussion

Disabling the "bluetooth" service prevents the system from attempting connections to Bluetooth devices, which entails some security risk. Nevertheless, variation in this risk decision may be expected due to the utility of Bluetooth connectivity and its limited range.

Check content

To check that the "bluetooth" service is disabled in system boot configuration, run the following command: # chkconfig "bluetooth" --list Output should indicate the "bluetooth" service has either not been installed or has been disabled at all runlevels, as shown in the example below: # chkconfig "bluetooth" --list "bluetooth" 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off If the service is configured to run, this is a finding.

Fix text

The "bluetooth" service can be disabled with the following command: # chkconfig bluetooth off # service bluetooth stop

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