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1.272 ALMA-09-035000

Information

AlmaLinux OS 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user interface automount function.

GROUP ID: V-269378
RULE ID: SV-269378r1050261

Automatically mounting file systems permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163, SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

Solution

Configure the GNOME desktop to not allow a user to change the setting that disables automated mounting of removable media.

Add the following line to "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/00-security-settings-lock" to prevent user modification:

/org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount-open

Then update the dconf system databases:

$ dconf update

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27039

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CCI|CCI-000778, CCI|CCI-001958, Rule-ID|SV-269378r1050261_rule, STIG-ID|ALMA-09-035000, Vuln-ID|V-269378

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4460f22eaf5a2051681ddcc62200dd57a6477d1d23017f0b043d4981402a7f82