Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 18.04
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Disable the Automounter
The <code>autofs</code> daemon mounts and unmounts filesystems, such as user home directories shared via NFS, on demand. In addition, autofs can be...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Mounting of cramfs
To configure the system to prevent the <code>cramfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Mounting of freevxfs
To configure the system to prevent the <code>freevxfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modpro...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Mounting of hfs
To configure the system to prevent the <code>hfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe.d/...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Mounting of hfsplus
To configure the system to prevent the <code>hfsplus</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprob...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Mounting of jffs2
To configure the system to prevent the <code>jffs2</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe....Rule Low Severity -
Disable Mounting of udf
To configure the system to prevent the <code>udf</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe.d/...Rule Low Severity -
Restrict Partition Mount Options
System partitions can be mounted with certain options that limit what files on those partitions can do. These options are set in the <code>/etc/fst...Group -
Value for hidepid option
The hidepid mount option is applicable to /proc and is used to control who can access the information in /proc/[pid] directories. The option can ha...Value -
Removable Partition
This value is used by the checks mount_option_nodev_removable_partitions, mount_option_nodev_removable_partitions, and mount_option_nodev_removable...Value
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