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OL08-00-040070 - The OL 8 file system automounter must be disabled.

Information

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.

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

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_8_V2R8_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000778, Rule-ID|SV-248836r1156663_rule, STIG-ID|OL08-00-040070, Vuln-ID|V-248836

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d2c00f8131dcb248d3588b9cb87eccd03e01ed2b0f224cc75efcca8c7b002c86