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1.23 SLES-15-010240

Information

The SUSE operating system must disable the file system automounter unless required.

GROUP ID: V-234823
RULE ID: SV-234823r958498

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 SUSE operating system to disable the ability to automount devices.

Turn off the automount service with the following command:

systemctl stop autofs
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/23779

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000778, CCI|CCI-001958, Rule-ID|SV-234823r958498_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-15-010240, Vuln-ID|V-234823

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 097fc044e2eaa20641eb2ac82fabee869111d17b9b0d511f2649783675e3b1cd