The OL 8 file system automounter must be disabled unless required.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Verify the operating system disables the ability to automount devices. Determine if automounter service is active with the following command: $ sudo systemctl status autofs autofs.service - Automounts filesystems on demand Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead) If the "autofs" status is set to "active" and is not documented with the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.
- ID
- SV-248836r958498_rule
- Version
- OL08-00-040070
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure OL 8 to disable the ability to automount devices.
Turn off the automount service with the following commands:
$ sudo systemctl stop autofs
$ sudo systemctl disable autofs