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RHEL-09-231040 - RHEL 9 file system automount function must be disabled unless required.

Information

An authentication process resists replay attacks if it is impractical to achieve a successful authentication by recording and replaying a previous authentication message.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059, SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Solution

Configure RHEL 9 to disable the ability to automount devices.

The autofs service can be disabled with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl mask --now autofs.service

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_9_V2R8_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000778, CCI|CCI-001958, Rule-ID|SV-257849r1044928_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-231040, Vuln-ID|V-257849

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 9ee03501bf151f30e2c1d4669c9cf867d662e9b8d148d68a8cdd1b4045f249e0