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GEN008640 - The system must not use removable media as the boot loader.

Information

Malicious users with removable boot media can gain access to a system configured to use removable media as the boot loader.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the system to use a bootloader installed on fixed media.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Group-ID|V-4247, Rule-ID|SV-41534r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN008640, Vuln-ID|V-4247

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 932315f7a741a5581190a8856368ce2d15bbd1b4dae4580233b0dc6e8b0288d2