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RHEL-08-040070 - The RHEL 8 file system automounter must be disabled.

Information

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

Solution

Configure RHEL 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_RHEL_8_V2R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000778, Rule-ID|SV-230502r1155393_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-08-040070, Vuln-ID|V-230502

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a14accd73e1d1731d98b57c800573fda91f006ea2b7327e2e2e1efda706b4d1c