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RHEL-10-700880 - RHEL 10 must disable the graphical user interface automounter unless required.

Information

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 RHEL 10 GNOME to disable automated mount of removable media.

Note: The example below is using the database "local" for the system. If the system is using another database in "/etc/dconf/profile/user", the file should be created under the appropriate subdirectory.

Update the "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-security-settings" database file with the following lines:

$ sudo vi /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-security-settings

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

Update the dconf system databases:

$ sudo dconf update

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_10_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000778, CCI|CCI-001958, Rule-ID|SV-281291r1166825_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-700880, Vuln-ID|V-281291

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ce38c7a6d7eb128764a27ffeb732afcccde3072387f8d62444885f6601b35a0a