Details

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 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.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SLES_15_V1R3_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Identification and Authentication.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|IA-3
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000778
• CCI|CCI-001958
• CSCv6|9.1
• Rule-ID|SV-234823r622137_rule
• STIG-ID|SLES-15-010240
• STIG-Legacy|SV-91863
• STIG-Legacy|V-77167
• Vuln-ID|V-234823

Source

• Tenable.com/audits