SLEM 5 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.
- ID
- SV-261286r996338_rule
- Version
- SLEM-05-231050
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure SLEM 5 to disable the ability to automount devices.
Turn off the automount service with the following command:
> sudo systemctl stop autofs