Setup in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux added /sbin/nologin and /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This violates security assumptions made by pam_shells and some daemons which allow access based on a user's shell being listed in /etc/shells. Under some circumstances, users which had their shell changed to /sbin/nologin could still access the system.
Find out more about CVE-2018-1113 from the
MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and
NIST NVD.
Statement
Preventing a user from accessing the system without deleting their account is not a simple matter. For utmost security, the account should be deleted. Short of this, we recommend a three-pronged approach:
* change the user's login shell to a harmless command that is not in "/etc/shells" (for example "/bin/false") to prevent commands being run on their behalf
* lock the user's password with "usermod -L" to prevent authentication with pam services
* prevent access to the user's home directory with "chmod 0" or "chown root" and "chmod 700" to prevent authentication with ssh keys etc
