Skip to content

The Oracle Linux operating system must disable the file system automounter unless required.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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

ID
SV-221714r958498_rule
Version
OL07-00-020110
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

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

Turn off the automount service with the following commands:

# systemctl stop autofs
# systemctl disable autofs