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Disable Samba

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The smb service can be disabled with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl mask --now smb.service

Rationale

Running a Samba server provides a network-based avenue of attack, and should be disabled if not needed.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_smb_disabled
Severity
Low
References
Updated



Remediation - Kubernetes Patch

apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
  config:
    ignition:
      version: 3.1.0

Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


[customizations.services]
disabled = ["smb"]

Remediation - Puppet

include disable_smb

class disable_smb {
  service {'smb':
    enable => false,
    ensure => 'stopped',

Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then

SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'smb.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" disable 'smb.service'

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Block Disable service smb
  block:

  - name: Disable service smb
    block: