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1.234 OL09-00-002100

Information

OL 9 must disable the graphical user interface automount function unless required.

GROUP ID: V-271670
RULE ID: SV-271670r1091722

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

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

Solution

Configure the GNOME desktop to disable automated mounting of removable media.

The dconf settings can be edited in the /etc/dconf/db/* location.

Update the [org/gnome/desktop/media-handling] section of the "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-security-settings" database file and add or update the following lines:

[org/gnome/desktop/media-handling]
automount-open=false

Update the dconf system databases:

$ sudo dconf update

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CCI|CCI-000778, CCI|CCI-001958, Rule-ID|SV-271670r1091722_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002100, Vuln-ID|V-271670

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: cdfa13e9785df17e89ce27711cf11b44589cab3aedbb6d72f2df57d59bd8b189