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1.300 OL08-00-040070

Information

The OL 8 file system automounter must be disabled unless required.

GROUP ID: V-248836
RULE ID: SV-248836r958498

Verify the operating system disables the ability to automount devices.

Determine if automounter service is active with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl status autofs

autofs.service - Automounts filesystems on demand
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service; disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)

If the "autofs" status is set to "active" and is not documented with the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure OL 8 to disable the ability to automount devices.

Turn off the automount service with the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl stop autofs $ sudo systemctl disable autofs

If "autofs" is required for Network File System (NFS), it must be documented with the ISSO.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23791

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000778, Rule-ID|SV-248836r958498_rule, STIG-ID|OL08-00-040070, Vuln-ID|V-248836

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d7d9982162cf37df8b94f616bda892b677b80daee56ec347d6cd1a75de88e403