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1.15 OL09-00-000042

Information

OL 9 must be configured to disable the FireWire kernel module.

GROUP ID: V-271445
RULE ID: SV-271445r1091047

Disabling firewire protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.

Solution

Configure OL 9 to prevent the firewire-core kernel module from being loaded.

Add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/firewire-core.conf (or create firewire-core.conf if it does not exist):

install firewire-core /bin/true
blacklist firewire-core

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7a., CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-271445r1091047_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000042, Vuln-ID|V-271445

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a50fb4dc675039c18e2b9f596b352486f074a589029205139e990d5a647cd81b