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SLES-12-010590 - The SUSE operating system must disable the file system automounter unless required.

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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, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Solution

Configure the SUSE operating system to disable the ability to automount devices.

Turn off the automount service with the following command:

# systemctl stop autofs
# systemctl disable autofs

If 'autofs' is required for Network File System (NFS), it must be documented with the ISSO.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SLES_12_V2R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, CCI|CCI-000778, CCI|CCI-001958, Rule-ID|SV-217156r603262_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-12-010590, STIG-Legacy|SV-91863, STIG-Legacy|V-77167, Vuln-ID|V-217156

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 3ed5a7c8e00e2c4c87f53613d1be28a7fa911fd27d11e55b3b13d457d84e30f4