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Mount Remote Filesystems with Kerberos Security

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Add the sec=krb5:krb5i:krb5p option to the fourth column of /etc/fstab for the line which controls mounting of any NFS mounts.

Rationale

When an NFS server is configured to use AUTH_SYS a selected userid and groupid are used to handle requests from the remote user. The userid and groupid could mistakenly or maliciously be set incorrectly. The AUTH_GSS method of authentication uses certificates on the server and client systems to more securely authenticate the remote mount request.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_mount_option_krb_sec_remote_filesystems
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Ansible

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - DISA-STIG-OL07-00-040750
  - NIST-800-53-AC-17(a)

Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q kernel; then

vfstype_points=()
readarray -t vfstype_points < <(grep -E "[[:space:]]nfs[4]?[[:space:]]" /etc/fstab | awk '{print $2}')